Dear Brothers and Sisters in God’s family,

Welcome to the website of Bishop Anderson House. Our world is both a wonderful and broken place, and this ministry seeks to bring the compassionate love of God to the sick.

Bishop Anderson House was founded in the 1950s in the Illinois Medical District, one of the largest urban medical districts in the world. We are here to serve the sick and grieving; we are here to support those who care for t he sick-doctors, nurses, psychologists, graduate students and other professionals; we are here to challenge and to nurture the integration of spirituality and medicine in innovative programs.

Core ecumenical ministries that incarnate the Mission of Bishop Anderson House include:

• Professional Chaplain and Volunteer Pastoral Care visits to over 10,000 patients a year.
• Training Volunteer Lay Chaplains to serve in hospitals, nursing homes and congregations throughout the northern third of Illinois.
• Teaching biomedical ethics in the Illinois Medical District.
• Shaping the values of a new generation of physicians in global medical ministry.
• Working for health care reform for the uninsured and underinsured.
• Sponsoring the All Angels Guild for the Deaf, the oldest ministry to the deaf community in Illinois.

Sincerely,
The Rev. James L. Risk
Executive Director

What's New...

• Summer 2008 Newsletter

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• First Thursday of Each Month Partnership in Caring: Parent to Parent Meetings

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