Staffed by professionally trained chaplains, the Pastoral Care Department offers spiritual and emotional support, encouragement, comfort, consolation and prayer. Each chaplain is a professional caregiver who understands that healing is spiritual, emotional and social as well as physical.

Sister Malgorzata Majszczyk serves as the Associate Director of Pastoral Care at Trinity Mother Frances Health System. She has been a member of the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth religious community since 1979. She is a native of Poland, came to the U.S. in 1992 and became a U.S. citizen in 2002. She received her undergraduate degree in Constructional Ceramics from the Ceramics Technical School and she holds a Masters of Theology degree from the Catholic Theology University in Warsaw, Poland. She has served her community as a chaplain at Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics in two separate periods, 1994-1997 and since March 2003. She has completed five units of CPE at the Children’s Medical Center Dallas. In addition, she served as chaplain at the United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls, Texas from 1999-2002.

Sister Joanna-Teresa Chrobak, originally from Poland, entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in December 1983. She finished her education in the Pedagogical Study School on the college level in 1984. Sister Joanna came to the U.S. from Poland in September 1992 to support the vitally needed missionary service of the Congregation in Texas. After arriving in Grand Prairie she studied English at North Lake Community College in Irving, Texas. In September 1996, Sister Joanna began CPE at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and successfully completed one unit of training in April 1996. She was transferred to Tyler in 1997, responding to the needs of the Pastoral Care Department at Mother Frances Hospital. She became a citizen of the U.S. in January 2001. In September 2003 Sister Joanna began study at the Institute for Religious and Pastoral Study at the University of Dallas. Sister Joanna continued her Clinical Pastoral Education during 2004-2006 at Mother Frances Hospital, where she continues to serve.

Sister Irene Asztemborska is a native of Poland and has been a member of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth since 1974. After receiving her RN diploma in Poland, she worked as a nurse in school and home health settings for six years. Sister Irene came to the United States in 1988 and in 2001 became a U.S. citizen. Following her certification as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in 1992, she worked for four years at the United Regional Health Care System. In 1998, she was certified as a Registered Nurse. In addition to her work in nursing, Sister Irene served her community in various congregational leadership duties. In 2000, she completed four units of CPE at the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas and then served as a staff chaplain at Mother Frances Hospital for one year. From 2002 to 2006, she worked as a staff chaplain at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls, Texas and in October of 2006 returned to Tyler to join the Pastoral Care Staff of Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics.

Sister Virginia Melan, a native of Poland, came to the United States in October 1996. She received a license as a Bookselling Technician in 1989 and in January 1990, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. After her arrival in Texas, she studied English at North Lake Community College in Irving from 1997 to 1999 and then graduated from Ultrasound Diagnostic School with a Medical Assistant Certificate in July 2000. In September 2003, she began CPE training at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and completed one unit of training in May 2004. Sr. Virginia continued as a chaplain resident at Children’s Medical Center and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, receiving a diploma in 2005 after completing five units of CPE. Her first assignment as a staff chaplain was at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls in 2005. In 2006, she transferred to Tyler in response to the needs of the Pastoral Care Department of Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics.

Father Paul Key