Pastoral Care offices

By contacting the Pastoral Care offices, one can request a visit by a UTMB chaplain, or for help in contacting their own pastor. If one wants to be seen by a representative from their own faith community i.e. Muslim, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Unitarian and others, then Pastoral Care office staff will assist patients, families and staff so they may receive spiritual nurture from their specific faith community. 

Location: The entrance to Pastoral Care offices is located to the East of the main entrance of John Sealy Hospital--next to the ATM machine.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Phone: (409) 772-3909

Fax: (409) 772-3929

Main alpha pager: (409) 643-4870

Email: pastoral.care@utmb.edu. 

Afterhours, weekends, and UTMB holidays: There is no Chaplain in the hospital and  routine visit requests should be left on voicemail for the next business day. If during this time a Chaplain is needed immediately, or for sacramental ministry or an emergency, please call the page operator at (409) 772-4004. The page operator will page the oncall Chaplain.

Mailing address: UTMB-Pastoral Care, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0201

Meet our staff

Directions to UTMB

From Houston

– Take Interstate 45 south to Galveston Island

– To visit our hospitals, follow I-45 to Broadway to Eighth Street and

turn left

– To visit our clinics, take the first exit off the causeway (Harborside

Drive)

– Stay on Harborside Drive until you reach the UTMB campus

– See map for clinic and parking locations

From Beaumont-Port Arthur Area

– Take Highway 87 to Port Bolivar

– Take free, round-the-clock ferry to Galveston island

– Stay on Ferry Road

– Follow signs to UTMB Campus

– See map for clinic and parking locations

From Brazoria / Matagorda County Area

– Follow Farm Road 3005

– Toll bridge at San Luis Pass connects Galveston Island to the mainland

– Farm Road 3005 becomes Seawall Boulevard

– Follow Seawall Blvd. all the way to University Boulevard (Sixth Street)

– See map for clinic and parking locations

Direcciones HACIA UTMB

De Houston

– Tome la Interestatal 45 (I-45) a la isla de Galveston

– Para visitar nuestros hospitales, siga en la I-45 hasta Broadway y al llegar

a la calle 8 voltee a la izquierda.

– Para visitar nuestras clínicas, tome la primera salida de la I-45 hacia

Harborside Drive

– Permanezca en la calle Harborside Drive hasta que llegue a UTMB

– Vea el mapa para ubicar la clínica y el estacionamiento

De Beaumont – Area de Port Arthur (Puerto Arturo)

– Tome la Carretera 87 a Port Bolivar (Puerto Bolivar)

– Tome el ferry gratis las 24 horas a la isla de Gálveston

– Permanezca en la calle Ferry Road

– Siga las señales hacia UTMB

– Vea el mapa para ubicar la cl’nica y el estacionamiento

De Brazoria / Area del Condado de Matagorda

– Siga la calle Farm Road 3005

– El puente de peaje en San Luis Pass conecta la isla de Galveston con la

tierra firme

– La calle Farm Road 3005 se convierte en Seawall Boulevard

– Siga Seawall Blvd y voltee a la izquierda en la calle University Blvd (6th St.)

– Vea el mapa para ubicar la clínica y el estacionamiento