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Care for Souls in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Mirko Polgar
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Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, built on seven hills, full of artistic monuments, has been called „the Athens of the North". Edinburgh is the scene of pleasant surprises and noble human inspiration. Working as a Catholic chaplain in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, together with the Anglican and Presbyterian chaplains, the author was treated by the media cal personel as a very welcome coworker, to the patients' benefit. All the chaplains have completely free access not only to their office and chapel, but also to any patient in any room at any moment of the day or night, even during operations. Chaplains are given an official „bleeper" and are helped wholeheartedly by doctors, medical personnel and even casual passersby. In this way the patients are able not only to assist at Sunday Mass and to receive the Sacrament of the Sick, Confession, Communion and other spiritual comfort, but also to be baptized and confirmed in urgent cases. Several dramatic cases are related in the article which prove that in this huge hospital any human being is respected and helped, not only in then-struggle for physical life and health, but also, equally fully and wholeheartedly, in their desire to exercise their right to achieve an intimate and personal union with God.
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Hrčak ID:
53922
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Datum izdavanja:
21.4.1986.
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