Chaplain services
VA Bedford health care chaplains serve people of all faiths and denominations as well as patients and families looking for non-denominational support. They are here to listen and offer spiritual and emotional support as you struggle with tough questions and ethical decisions.
2026 Holy Week / Easter Sunday Service Schedule
Holy Week begins on Sunday March 29, 2026 (Palm Sunday). Christians commemorate the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ in Holy Week.
Saturday March 28
- Catholic Mass – 4:00PM (Palm Sunday Mass)
Sunday March 29 - Palm Sunday
- Protestant Service – 9:00AM
- Catholic Mass – 10:00AM
Monday March 30 – Wednesday March 1
- Catholic Mass - 11:30AM
Friday April 3 – Good Friday
- Stations of the Cross 11:30AM
Sunday April 5 - Easter Sunday
- Protestant Easter Service - 9:00AM
- Catholic Easter Mass - 10:00AM
** Kevin Dougherty will be singing “HE IS ALIVE” in all the Services on Easter Sunday
Spiritual and religious services
Our chaplains help patients and family members through outpatient treatment, hospital stays, and extended care. If needed, they will contact your personal clergy or spiritual care provider in the community. Our chaplains are clinical pastoral care specialists who provide religious and non-religious people with services such as:
- Baptisms
- Bereavement (grief and loss) care
- Comfort and counseling
- Communion
- Funerals
- Weddings
Worship services
People of all faiths and traditions are invited to attend:
Protestant services:
- Sunday, 9 a.m.
Catholic Mass:
- Saturday, 4 p.m.
- Sunday, 10 a.m.
- Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m.
Holy Hour
- Monday - Friday, 12 p.m., Eucharistic chapel
- Wednesday, 12 p.m.
Benefits
Research shows that spiritually active patients experience or report:
- Faster healing
- Greater coping skills
- Reduced pain
- Better quality of life
Contact a chaplain
For more information, please call our chaplain 781-687-2000, ext. 2384 or 2385
Interfaith Chapel
Building 81
First floor
Map of Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial campus