Parish Nursing Ministry

The Parish Nursing Ministry is dedicated to caring for the greatest gift from the Father, life and health. The goal is to bring faith in God’s love, comfort and healing, to serve the community promoting wholeness and physical, emotional and spiritual health. We serve in the role of health educators, health counselors and health facilitators. All parish health care personnel are invited to join.

Parish Nursing/Health Ministry

Inspired by Fr Doug
Formed in Oct 2001

Participate in the ff. parish events:
• Mass of Anointing
• Ministry Fair
• Carnival
This is a volunteer group of
• anyone with health care knowledge or experience
• Care-givers
• Nurses
• physicians
• Physician assistants
• Physical therapist
• Social workers
• pharmacists

Some of us serve as
Homebound Eucharistic Ministers
We do home visits on Christmas to
Homebound parishioners

We meet at the parish office
4-5 times a year ONLY

Contact persons:
Sr. Marie Therese(732) 828-1400
MSherwood@smpo.us
Gondee Tibay>(908) 812 6022
gondee328@yahoo.com
Nancy Fischer
cnfisch@hotmail.com

We have conducted health information programs
• Wellness program, 6/02
• Advance Directives, 11/02
• Prostate Ca Awareness , 9/04

We sponsored and collaborated Parish Health Fair(2004 & 2006

We provided a unit of
Automatic Defibrillator
(kept visible in the sacristy)

We believe in remembering our spirit and taking time to slow down by gathering for:
A Day of Recollection

Specialty Directory
We can offer health teaching, referral, and moral support to our fellow parishioner. We will hopefully give the comfort of having a health professional in the "family" with outmost consideration on issues of confidentiality, privacy, etc
Maureen Abbott.....occupational and wellness, medical-surgical care
Jennifer Allen........physical therapy issues/ home adaptations
Nancy Bonarczyk..nursing education / career building
Sue Braun.............pediatrics
Emile Capuno……neonatal care
Luz Costin............oncology and neurology
Richard Curtis......orthopedics [ total joint replacement.
fibromyalgia, electro-diagnostics
Pat Dolphin...........community health
Mercy Ekwere.......long term care and referral
Kelly Fennigan......long term care issues, programs and
benefit for seniors/ caregivers
Nancy Fischer…...emergency care, post anesthesia, and school nursing
Kay Francis..........open heart, rehab and long term care
Rhoda Gestosani..post anesthesia care
Lota Hermino........neonatal care
JoAnn Hussey.......same day surgery
Regina Mallare......neonatal care
Jocelyne Nau........post op intensive care, neonatal care
Ann Marian Ramirez...cardiothoracic nursing
Alice Richards.......case management, discharge planning, insurance
contact & info, certified SHIP counselor, Medicaid/ Medicare issues
Pat Rojek...............trauma/ surgical intensive care
Gloria Skazenski..medical-surgical care
Agnes Sindac.......neonatal care
Chris Slavick........nursing supervision, med-surg
Diana Spiller..........post anesthesia, same day surgery, endoscopy, IR
Gondee Tibay.......trauma/ critical care, interventional radiology (IR)

Unlike the traditional health care providers, our scope of practice as parish volunteers are limited to
• health education
and information
• referrals and counseling
• emotional support
• We cannot handle medical emergencies
• We only give general advice or guidance to help make informed health care decisions
• We will not make health care choices
• We sincerely respect privacy and we are committed to honor confidentiality

"If one part suffers, all part suffer with it, if one part is honored, all parts
share its joy." 2 Cor 12:26

We participate in the ff parish activities:
• Mass of Anointing
• Ministry Fair
• Carnival