Chaplains

Pastoral Care and Spiritual Support

Pastoral care and spiritual support is provided by Navy Chaplaincy Branch to all Navy members and their families, to appropriately meet the individual’s spiritual and emotional needs toward enhancing Navy’s most important capability and enabling Navy people to continue to fight and win at sea. It encompasses all the ways in which attention is paid to the spiritual dimensions of life. It includes, but is not limited to, the provision of assessment, counselling, support and ritual in matters of a person’s beliefs, traditions, values and practices enabling the person to access their own spiritual resources and personal resilience.

It is most commonly offered in a one-to-one relationship, is persons centred and context dependent. It makes no assumptions or judgements about a person’s beliefs or life orientation. Pastoral care and spiritual support is not about proselytising and does not impose the practitioner’s beliefs or values. It offers a way for people to experience and make meaning of their hopes and fears. More broadly, its goal is human flourishing.

Navy Chaplaincy acknowledge their unique role in service of all Navy members and their families. Navy Chaplaincy are committed to creating a safe, supportive and caring environment. Navy Chaplaincy welcome all who seek pastoral care, religious or spiritual support.

Navy Chaplaincy Contact Numbers
 

DGCHAP-N Contact

COS-DGCHAP-N SCHA James Sutherland
Email: nsc.dgchapn@defence.gov.au
 

Support services contacts

24hr Regional Crisis Support