A concert is being planned to raise funds for chaplains at Waikato Hospital, who between them help 30,000 patients a year. The Waikato Healthcare Chaplaincy Committee Charitable Trust will hold a concert “Hear and Care” on August 30. The current chaplaincy team at Waikato Hospital is made up of three ecumenical chaplains, one Catholic chaplain, Read more
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Waikato hospital chaplain has interesting background
Friday, February 28th, 2014
Daniel Sitaram has taken an interesting route to his present job as a chaplain at Waikato Hospital. Born in Fiji, he is of Indian Fijian heritage. He was ordained an Anglican priest and worked in parishes in Fiji before spending 8 years as a high school teacher. Then he moved to Anglican diocese of Christchurch. He obtained Read more
Waikato church leaders gather to support chaplaincy
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013More than 120 church leaders from across the Waikato region arrived at Waikato Hospital on 21 June to show their support for Waikato DHB’s chaplaincy service. The ‘Friends of Hospital Chaplaincy’ event was the first of its kind in New Zealand. It was organised by the DHB chaplaincy service so church leaders from a variety Read more