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Ruddy's new chaplaincy program to treat the needs of the total person In an effort to give care to the total person, the Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital has hired its first chaplain. While Kit Greaves, 24, of Brooklin has been ap- pointed a part-time student chaplain, the Whitby Ministerial Association and the hospital's board hope to be able to introduce a full-time permanent chaplaincy sometime next year. Greaves, a second year Master of Divinity student at Wycliffe College of the Univer- to be involved in pastrol care, he feels that working at the hospital will give him needed in- sight into his future work. He says he's at the hospital to "add to the overall care of the patient." The service he provides will be ecumenical in nature although he cannot yet give the sacraments, there will be ordained ministers from Whitby on hand on a regular basis to provide them. According to hospital Kit Greaves sity of Toronto,· is not yet an ordained Anglican minister but will be on hand to provide both spiritual and emotional support to both patients and staff at the hospital. He will be at the hospital on Thursday and Sunday afternoons to conduct worship ser- vices and visit with patients who cannot at- tend church. Working at Ruddy is part of the field training he must do in preparation for the ministry. While Greaves wants administrator Jim Miller, many patients of the hospital expressed "profound joy" after he held his first service on Sept. 16. "What we are doing is to bring worship to their home," Miller says noting that for most of the people residing in the hospital's chronie and rehabilitative care ward have come to think of Ruddy as "home." Greaves says that most of his work will be on "a person to person" basis, especially with those who may not have PMS support group startng Up i Oshawa Women in Durham and discuss their ex- Region experiencing periences, receive sup- symptons of premen- port,, and acquire up- strual syndrome (PMS) dated information on and who are interested PMS. Plans to establish. in sharing their feelings these groups in com- and experiences with munities where the in- other women in an at- terest is indicated are mosphere of mutual currently underway. support, are invited to Women who feel that participate in PMS self talking with other help groups. women sharing similar The same group Of experiences would be women who brought helpful, are asked to PMS experts Dr. James contact in writing, (in- Henderson and cluding name, address, registered nurse Karen Walker from the PMS phone umrtaiin- Centre in Mississauga to prt topcSSof speak to local women at terotPMSSe a seminar held at Durham College in W., Ste. 3w, Oshawa, June, have been ap- Ont. LlH 1A4. proached by local Those ,interested women who suffer from should be prepared to the syndrome to assist offer several evenings in setting up forums for of their time to par- women to-get together ticipate in these groups.