Hospital chaplains bridge gap between faith and fear amid the pandemic
2020: A year unlike any other for chaplains
As the days turned into weeks, more and more infectious patients passed through the doors, and the workload of chaplains all across the Tampa Bay area increased.
and last updated 2021-01-29 18:16:36-05 We knew things were going to change, but we didn t quite know what it would look like, said Reverend Jenny Sumner Carswell.
In her 11th year as one of the chaplains at Tampa General Hospital, she admits when COVID-19 first came through the doors, she had no idea what she was about to encounter. It would end up being the hardest year of most hospital chaplains careers.