Commitment to People of All Faiths

Dallas Pastor George Truett, a Baylor founder, envisioned a hospital to which "persons of all faiths and those of none may come with equal confidence." Baylor chaplains work to meet the spiritual needs of our diverse patients, families, visitors, and staff, helping make Truett's dream a reality.

Chaplains and students at Baylor walk alongside people in their journeys with illness, reaching across cultures, beliefs, and religious backgrounds. They also teach and learn from one another about cultural and religious sensitivity and foster openness. Baylor chaplains receive special training and actively collaborate with ministers from a broad spectrum of faiths to help people from every religious group get the spiritual and religious support they need. Chaplain trainees at Baylor are a varied group of people who have chosen to train in a faith-based setting with a strong heritage of Baptist and Christian commitment because of its dedication to values like those expressed by Dr. Truett.

Healing Environment

Research shows that music, humor, art and relaxation techniques promote health and well being. The Healing Environment program complements medical treatment by alleviating symptoms through entertainment, music, massage and aesthetically pleasing sights and sounds. The program offers video and audiotapes, clowns, music performances, stress reduction therapy, a 24-hour relaxation TV channel, patient education brochures, art cart, aromatherapy, aquariums and murals to more than 3,200 patients each month.

Interfaith Garden of Prayer

At the heart of Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, a facility practicing innovative medicine with advanced technology backed by groundbreaking research, is a place of beauty, peace, and simplicity. Opened in 2003, the Interfaith Garden of Prayer, in memory of Bradley Wayne, provides patients, families, visitors and employees a tranquil place for meditation and prayer.

Surrounded by trees, two waterfalls, beds of seasonal color, and greenery, the garden is located in the courtyard between Roberts Hospital and the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center. Parking is available in nearby garages and on surface lots.

Featuring a series of circular prayer paths leading to a central prayer area, the garden provides a sacred place appropriate to the many diverse cultures and faiths represented at Baylor and in the community. For suggestions for walking the prayer path, click here.

The Interfaith Garden of Prayer is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.