Catholic Health
Catholic Health is an integrated health care delivery system with some of the region’s finest health and human services agencies. Catholic Health includes six hospitals, three skilled nursing facilities, a regional home nursing service, hospice and a multiservice, community-based agency for persons with special needs. Under the sponsorship of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Catholic Health serves hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders each year, providing care that extends from the beginning of life to helping people live their final years in comfort, grace and dignity. Learn more about Catholic Heath’s commitment to quality and about the services offered.
For more information, visit: www.chsli.org.
| Name | Position | Phone |
| Patrick M. O’Shaughnessy, DO, MBA | President & Chief Executive Officer | 631-465-6000 |
System Director of Spiritual Care & Pastoral Education
Dr. Caterina Mako, DMin, BCC
ACPE Certified Educator (new ACPE name for formerly Supervisor)
Fr. John (Jack) T. Crabb, SJ
Long Island Chaplaincy Forum The National Association of Catholic Chaplains
Contact Us: Office of Spiritual Care and Pastoral Education
Catholic Health
St. Joseph Villa 992
N. Village Avenue
Rockville Centre, New York 11570
Pastoral Care Specialist:
Debra Ventura 631-465-6283
Catholic Health is a community of healing and compassion that joyfully embraces the healing ministry of Christ. In communion with the mission of mercy of the Catholic Church, it is the mission of Catholic Health Services to provide a robust pastoral care presence. Pastoral care completes the comprehensive care provided in our integrated health care system. The professional care of the human spirit ensures that God’s eternal love and boundless grace is always present to help bear the burdens of illness.
Diocesan Healthcare Chaplain Listing
| Catholic Health Dr. Caterina Mako, M.Div., ThM, BCC Rabbi Lev Herrnson, BCC Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center Deacon Richard Becker, BCC Rev. Daphne Beard Fr. Gabriel Berko Sr. Jean Agnes Geraghty, OP, BCC Sr. Rosemary Jermusyk, OP, BCC Fr. Louischard Lindor Sr. Moonkyung Park, SC, BCC Sr. Ann Marie Pierce, IHM, BCC Kevin Stolz, BCC Fr. James Vargheese Mercy Medical Center Dr. Joseph Walters, D. Min., J.D., MAPC, BCC Mary Ann Bonner, BCC Rev. Kitt Von Braunsberg Angela Cessa Fr. Norbert D’Souza Bernadette Palo, BCC Eileen Vassallo, BCC Fr. Cornelius Dery, BCC St. Catherine of Siena Hospital Center and Nursing Home Sr. Edith Menegus, OSU, ThM, BCC Fr. Francois Eale-Botamba Sr. Preenika D’Abrera Fr. Augustine D’Sourza Helen Hofmayer, BCC Christine Torns, BCC Fr. Duncan Okebe Onyango St. Charles Hospital & Rehabilitation Center Sr. Edith Menegus, OSU, ThM Jonathan Langer, BCC Rev. Mary Larson Fr. Henry Vas Fr. Joseph Francis |
St. Francis Hospital – The Heart Center Sr. Pauline Gilmore FMM, BCC Fr. Joseph Nungari, FMH Fr. Paul Mutisya, FMH Fr. James Kinyua, FMH Mary Ellen Bencivenga, BCC Sr. Monica Okon, HHCJ Sr. Minda Castrillo, FMM Sr. Elisa Fernando, FMM Sr. Stella Slonski, CSJ, BCC Mary Toole, BCC Eileen McMahon, BCC Rev. Immanuel Bae, BCC Rev. Karel Boersma, BCC Sr. Claire MacDonald, OP, BCC St. Joseph Hospital Dr. Joseph Walters, DMin, JD, MAPC, BCC Fr. Patrick Onuegbu Our Lady of Consolation/Good Sam Nursing Home Margaret Nixdorf, RN, BCC Rev. Martin Mancroft Good Shepherd Hospice Rev. Samuel Blair Rev. Alexander Daszewski Rev. Bob Dawley James Engelbert Pauline Lavelle, BCC Rabbi Kathleen Novick, BCC Dawn Turpin, BCC Stacie Weldon Maryhaven Center of Hope Sr. Cathy Smith, OP Nassau University Medical Center Sr. Maureen Chase, OP, BCC Fr. Frank T. Addey Fr. Innocent Duru Fr. Akio Iyoda Rev. Akio Iyoda Rabbi Jill Kreitman Brookhaven Hospital Rev. Charles Okonkwo |
Brookhaven Hospice Deacon Bob Gronenthal Northwell Health – Glen Cove Hospital Fr. Azubuike A.C. Igweqbe Northwell Health – Huntington Hospital Fr. Daniel Neyoh Northwell – Manhasset Fr. Evan Barasa Fwamba, CP Fr. Gilbert Omolo, CP Northwell – LI Jewish Valley Stream Fr. Eugene Umeyor Northwell – Mather Hospital Fr. Matthew Udobi Northwell – Plainview Hospital Fr. Benjamin Uzuegbunam Northwell – Southside Hospital Rev. Sylvester Chukwumalume Northwell – Peconic Bay Medical Center Dorothy Sexton Nagel, BBC Robert Lopez, BCC SUNY Stony Brook Hospital Rev. Diane Gardner-Slater Fr. Akajiaku Pius Eluka Fr. Vitus Arinze Ezeiruaku Fr. Eric Kasongo Fr. Charles Okoye Mount Sinai – South Nassau Hospital Rev. James Steward II, BCC Deborah Herd, BCC Rabbi Levi Gurkov Rabbi Jonathan Muskat Uri Goren Fr. Ebenezer Arthur Northwell Health/North Shore University Hospital Rev. Evans Fwamba, CP Rev. Gilbert Omolo, CP Hillel Fox, BCC Jongmi Bae, BCC Pilgrim and Kings Park Psychiatric Centers Fr. Franklin Ezeorah Winthrop Hospital Rev. Karen Jones Fr. Damian Umeokeke Fr. James Kinyua, FMH A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Fr. Matthew Abraham Long Island Veterans Home Fr. Thomas Tuite Eastern Long Island Hospital – Greenport Parishes Cover Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fr. William (Bill) Bartoul |