Patricia Murphy, BCC, GRMS

Having served as a healthcare chaplain for the past 10 years, the Rev. Dr. Patricia Murphy, board-certified chaplain, is made for the role of Ecclesiastical Endorser and Director of Spiritual Caregivers.  

“Healthcare chaplain is a ministry that was not so popular when I began. But it is, indeed, a ministry that impacts, comforts, changes, cultivates and nurtures the hearts and minds of people during challenging and complex times in their lives,” she says. “As Director of Spiritual Caregivers, I am looking forward to extending an arm of mentorship and leadership to those who embrace a ministry that is not popular but a necessary component of holistic healing in a divided world.”

Murphy says she strives to live out Isaiah 6:8 (“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me!’”)

“As a little girl, I was always inquisitive. I was born with an inner zeal for wanting to know ‘why,’” she says. “Now that I am a bit more seasoned, I have moved away from the ‘why’ to the concept of ‘where.’ Wherever God needs me, I will go. I have been charged to go out into the world and empower and encourage others.”