2025 Spiritual Care Survey

Coming Soon

Sponsored by

In the summer of 2025, the Catholic Health Association (CHA) and the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) are again partnering with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) to survey those who lead and serve spiritual care through Catholic health care institutions and Catholic chaplaincy. This follows a similar effort in the fall of 2018, when CHA and NACC first commissioned CARA to bring a more scientific approach to studying trends in health care chaplaincy and spiritual care departments. For more than 25 years, CHA and NACC have partnered to study these trends.

Purpose

Spiritual care is essential to our Catholic identity and relies upon support from all levels of ministry leadership and integration with mission and interdisciplinary teams. The 2025 survey aims to capture the roles and responsibilities of chaplains and pastoral/spiritual care personnel at all levels, as well as the relationships and departments to whom they are accountable. All NACC healthcare chaplains or chaplains serving CHA member facilities are invited to participate.

The survey intends to:

Gather comprehensive data to understand spiritual care roles in Catholic health care for NACC members and CHA member ministries.
Assess the current needs that ensure our Catholic commitment to spiritual care.
Serve as a catalyst across the discipline by identifying current trends and proposing future opportunities.

Process

The 2025 spiritual care survey is a comprehensive, three-part survey with sections tailored to participants based on their specific roles within the spiritual care team.

Part One – For professional health care chaplains and certified chaplains serving in leadership roles.
Part Two – For leaders with oversight of spiritual care departments.
Part Three – This market assessment section is solely sponsored by NACC for leaders with oversight of spiritual care departments in partnership with HR leaders.

Timing and Communication

The survey will open in late June and will remain open for a few weeks. CHA and NACC will report the results by the end of 2025.

Early June – Participants will receive an email to update their member profile and check their spam folder to ensure survey invitation delivery.
Late June – Participants will receive an email invitation to complete the survey and a reminder to update member profiles.