Our History
History of the Center at St. Mark’s Hospital
Central to Anglican theology is its experience of the Body (soma) of Christ. Anglicans understand "the mystical Body of Christ" to be in a real and spiritual sense, Christ Himself. Episcopalians see the Eucharist as the central act of worship in which they receive the Body (bread) of Christ. Anglicans perceive that the Church is the Body of Christ made up of many members. When one member of the Body suffers, the entire Body suffers. Healing then becomes an important, corporate concern. His corporate care was seen in Bishop Tuttle's writings in his Reminiscences of a Missionary Bishop in which he stated, concerning the establishment of St. Mark's Hospital, "I was sick and ye visited Me" are words of precious commendation from our blessed Lord. In all ages and all countries the Christian Church in loyalty to Him has given much thought and care to hospitals."
This corporate concern for the health of others was not limited to Episcopalians or to non‑Mormons but included all in the Salt Lake Community.
The people of Salt Lake City heartily received this expression of God's love. Bishop Tuttle stated, "I would call attention to the fact that when the Church takes the lead in beneficent activities for human welfare, sneering at or captious criticism of her is never heard. St. Mark's Hospital commended itself to all the people, whatever their beliefs, doubts, or denials in dogmatic theology and doctrinal religion. The county authorities, all of them Mormon, asked leave to send their sick and poor and paid for them out of county revenues."
The Episcopal Church in Utah founded the first hospital in the State of Utah, the first public schools, the first nursing school, and the first federally funded high-rise housing project for the aged. The Chaplain of St. Mark's Hospital and the Episcopal Bishop of Utah, E. Otis Charles, also helped initiate the first hospice in Utah.
Other Episcopal Bishops continued this health care endeavor. Bishop Francis Spencer Spaulding paid off the hospital building debts in the early 1900's with funds raised from his Eastern lecture circuit preaching on American Indians, Mormons, Christian Socialism, and collective bargaining. Another Anglican interest is in the human body. The answers to the question of what is the meaning of injury and illness in the human soma require multidimensional approaches. The human soma is physical, emotional, and spiritual. Healing of the human soma must therefore involve professionals from medical, psychological, and pastoral fields. In the early history of the hospital, these professional concerns frequently came from one person. The first superintendent of St. Mark's Hospital was the assistant priest of St. Mark's Cathedral. Two years later, another assistant priest became assistant superintendent of the hospital and received the title, Chaplain. Since that time, St. Mark's has had a chaplain who functioned as a part time employee of the hospital. For many years following the founding of the hospital, a priest administered St. Mark's Hospital.
With the building of the old St. Mark's Hospital in the 1880's came the building of an adjacent parish church. The vicar of that church was chaplain of St. Mark's Hospital. Later, the church was torn down and a chapel built inside the hospital. During the 1950's and early 1960's, St. Mark's Hospital shared its chaplain with St. Mark's School and Rowland Hall School.
Pastoral Care services expanded in the 1960's with the appointment of the Rev. Francis Winder as full time chaplain. Thomas J. Hartford, administrator of St. Mark's Hospital, made the Chaplain a department head over the newly created Department of Religion.
With the building of the new St. Mark's Hospital in 1973, construction included a chapel at the heart of the hospital. Regular Episcopal services occurred at various times in the chapel. With the hiring of a subsequent Chaplain, the Rev. Lincoln Ure, in 1975, the use of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd increased. Protestant services and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) services occurred on a regular basis. The Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital expanded its role in the hospital by hiring a second, part-time chaplain, creating a community pastoral advisory board and by initiating an ACPE Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE™) program in Utah.
In 1987, Episcopal Bishop George E. Bates, facing the loss of the hospital property tax waiver, declining revenue, and an endowment-poor Diocese, decided to sell St. Mark's Hospital to Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). The St. Mark's Hospital Board of Directors approved this decision.
As part of the sales agreement, HCA agreed to retain the chapel and the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital. The Director of Pastoral Care and any chaplain(s) serve at the pleasure of the Episcopal Bishop of Utah. In 2007, HCA engaged in a ten-year contract with ECS to provide pastoral care services and execute its ACPE Accredited CPE™ educational program. The current contract follows a series of contracts developed since the sale of the hospital. Resources from that contract fund the ACPE Certified Educator(s), staff chaplains, three ACPE Accredited CPE™ residents, and part-time administrative services.
For administrative and insurance purposes regarding these new programs, the Episcopal Bishop of Utah and the CEO of St. Mark's Hospital deemed it useful for the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital and its ACPE Accredited CPE™ program to become an independent, 501(c)(3), not‑for‑profit agency. Episcopal Community Services (ECS) was developed. Other Episcopal ministries developed over time, including an Urban American Indian program and Episcopal counseling services
.
St. Mark’s Hospital (SMH) has been offering programs of Level I and Level II ACPE Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education since 1984 during which time the Center has earned a reputation for excellence. As founder, Fr. Ure led the effort for professional chaplaincy in Salt Lake City and the surrounding area.
In April 2010, the Center received full accreditation from ACPE to add supervisory education to its program. Accreditation approval was retroactive to August, 2009. Also in 2009 a new chapel was built, dedicated, and renamed the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. Funds for the new stained glass window were provided by the St. Mark’s Hospital Volunteers. The Chapel was formally consecrated by The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi in November, 2011.
Rev. Nancy Piggott, BCC was accepted as a Supervisory Education Student in Fall 2009 under the supervision of Fr. Ure. In March 2014, Rev. Piggott was fully certified as an ACPE Certified Educator. She and Fr. Ure worked together in the supervision of interns and residents. In Fall 2013, the program added an evening extended unit that required a 10-hour week commitment for 36 weeks. The program grew to offer 4 units of ACPE Accredited CPE™ per year, including 3 day units and 1 evening unit. In April, 2011, St. Mark’s Hospital, in collaboration with the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, hosted the very successful ACPE National Convention. The convention theme was “Spiritual Care on the Threshold: Honoring Our Ancestry, Creating Our Future.”
In July of 2014, ECS signed a contract with YWCA Utah to provide spiritual care services to residents and staff of their facility. In July of 2015, this contract was expanded to include two days per week of spiritual care at that location. In October 2015, ECS signed a contract with Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah to provide spiritual care services 24/7 with two part-time staff chaplains who will provide daily spiritual care to patients, their families and staff members. Lakeview Hospital is also designated as a Clinical Placement Site in relationship to the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital. Descriptions of the Clinical Placement Site, Lakeview Hospital, its history, facilities, and educational resources are included in this handbook on pp 33-35. In April of 2017, ECS signed a contract with Ogden Regional Medical Center to provide spiritual care services 24/7 with one full-time manager and four PRN chaplains.
Fr Lincoln Ure served the patients, their families and staff members
of St. Mark’s Hospital for forty-one years. Born on October 4, 1947,
he died on June 10, 2016 after a brief struggle with cancer. Linc,
as he was known by all, was a constant presence of kindness,
wisdom and soulful care of patients, their families, staff members
and students. He tended the spiritual needs of all who were lucky
enough to encounter him. He lent his great heart and warm smile
to anyone who looked like they could use a soul friend. He referred
to himself as a “priest on his feet.” To him that meant that his work
was in the hospital and among the patients and staff he loved.
Through his teaching, Linc’s work spread far beyond the walls
of St. Mark’s Hospital. The Spiritual Care Department at
St. Mark’s Hospital is fully staffed with his hand-picked
protegés. Other graduates practice Linc’s art of soul
retrieval in hospitals far and wide. From along the
Wasatch front to New York City to the US Navy Air Corps
to the US Marines. Nothing gave Linc more satisfaction
than to see his students become the chaplains he dreamed they could be.
Following the untimely death of Fr. Ure, ECS named The Reverend Nancy Piggott, BCC as Acting Director of the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital. In this capacity, Nancy oversees the spiritual care of patients, their families, staff members and ACPE Accredited CPE interns and residents. As an ACPE Certified Educator, she develops and implements programs of Clinical Pastoral Education that meet the Standards of ACPE..
Central to Anglican theology is its experience of the Body (soma) of Christ. Anglicans understand "the mystical Body of Christ" to be in a real and spiritual sense, Christ Himself. Episcopalians see the Eucharist as the central act of worship in which they receive the Body (bread) of Christ. Anglicans perceive that the Church is the Body of Christ made up of many members. When one member of the Body suffers, the entire Body suffers. Healing then becomes an important, corporate concern. His corporate care was seen in Bishop Tuttle's writings in his Reminiscences of a Missionary Bishop in which he stated, concerning the establishment of St. Mark's Hospital, "I was sick and ye visited Me" are words of precious commendation from our blessed Lord. In all ages and all countries the Christian Church in loyalty to Him has given much thought and care to hospitals."
This corporate concern for the health of others was not limited to Episcopalians or to non‑Mormons but included all in the Salt Lake Community.
The people of Salt Lake City heartily received this expression of God's love. Bishop Tuttle stated, "I would call attention to the fact that when the Church takes the lead in beneficent activities for human welfare, sneering at or captious criticism of her is never heard. St. Mark's Hospital commended itself to all the people, whatever their beliefs, doubts, or denials in dogmatic theology and doctrinal religion. The county authorities, all of them Mormon, asked leave to send their sick and poor and paid for them out of county revenues."
The Episcopal Church in Utah founded the first hospital in the State of Utah, the first public schools, the first nursing school, and the first federally funded high-rise housing project for the aged. The Chaplain of St. Mark's Hospital and the Episcopal Bishop of Utah, E. Otis Charles, also helped initiate the first hospice in Utah.
Other Episcopal Bishops continued this health care endeavor. Bishop Francis Spencer Spaulding paid off the hospital building debts in the early 1900's with funds raised from his Eastern lecture circuit preaching on American Indians, Mormons, Christian Socialism, and collective bargaining. Another Anglican interest is in the human body. The answers to the question of what is the meaning of injury and illness in the human soma require multidimensional approaches. The human soma is physical, emotional, and spiritual. Healing of the human soma must therefore involve professionals from medical, psychological, and pastoral fields. In the early history of the hospital, these professional concerns frequently came from one person. The first superintendent of St. Mark's Hospital was the assistant priest of St. Mark's Cathedral. Two years later, another assistant priest became assistant superintendent of the hospital and received the title, Chaplain. Since that time, St. Mark's has had a chaplain who functioned as a part time employee of the hospital. For many years following the founding of the hospital, a priest administered St. Mark's Hospital.
With the building of the old St. Mark's Hospital in the 1880's came the building of an adjacent parish church. The vicar of that church was chaplain of St. Mark's Hospital. Later, the church was torn down and a chapel built inside the hospital. During the 1950's and early 1960's, St. Mark's Hospital shared its chaplain with St. Mark's School and Rowland Hall School.
Pastoral Care services expanded in the 1960's with the appointment of the Rev. Francis Winder as full time chaplain. Thomas J. Hartford, administrator of St. Mark's Hospital, made the Chaplain a department head over the newly created Department of Religion.
With the building of the new St. Mark's Hospital in 1973, construction included a chapel at the heart of the hospital. Regular Episcopal services occurred at various times in the chapel. With the hiring of a subsequent Chaplain, the Rev. Lincoln Ure, in 1975, the use of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd increased. Protestant services and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) services occurred on a regular basis. The Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital expanded its role in the hospital by hiring a second, part-time chaplain, creating a community pastoral advisory board and by initiating an ACPE Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE™) program in Utah.
In 1987, Episcopal Bishop George E. Bates, facing the loss of the hospital property tax waiver, declining revenue, and an endowment-poor Diocese, decided to sell St. Mark's Hospital to Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). The St. Mark's Hospital Board of Directors approved this decision.
As part of the sales agreement, HCA agreed to retain the chapel and the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital. The Director of Pastoral Care and any chaplain(s) serve at the pleasure of the Episcopal Bishop of Utah. In 2007, HCA engaged in a ten-year contract with ECS to provide pastoral care services and execute its ACPE Accredited CPE™ educational program. The current contract follows a series of contracts developed since the sale of the hospital. Resources from that contract fund the ACPE Certified Educator(s), staff chaplains, three ACPE Accredited CPE™ residents, and part-time administrative services.
For administrative and insurance purposes regarding these new programs, the Episcopal Bishop of Utah and the CEO of St. Mark's Hospital deemed it useful for the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital and its ACPE Accredited CPE™ program to become an independent, 501(c)(3), not‑for‑profit agency. Episcopal Community Services (ECS) was developed. Other Episcopal ministries developed over time, including an Urban American Indian program and Episcopal counseling services
.
St. Mark’s Hospital (SMH) has been offering programs of Level I and Level II ACPE Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education since 1984 during which time the Center has earned a reputation for excellence. As founder, Fr. Ure led the effort for professional chaplaincy in Salt Lake City and the surrounding area.
In April 2010, the Center received full accreditation from ACPE to add supervisory education to its program. Accreditation approval was retroactive to August, 2009. Also in 2009 a new chapel was built, dedicated, and renamed the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. Funds for the new stained glass window were provided by the St. Mark’s Hospital Volunteers. The Chapel was formally consecrated by The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi in November, 2011.
Rev. Nancy Piggott, BCC was accepted as a Supervisory Education Student in Fall 2009 under the supervision of Fr. Ure. In March 2014, Rev. Piggott was fully certified as an ACPE Certified Educator. She and Fr. Ure worked together in the supervision of interns and residents. In Fall 2013, the program added an evening extended unit that required a 10-hour week commitment for 36 weeks. The program grew to offer 4 units of ACPE Accredited CPE™ per year, including 3 day units and 1 evening unit. In April, 2011, St. Mark’s Hospital, in collaboration with the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, hosted the very successful ACPE National Convention. The convention theme was “Spiritual Care on the Threshold: Honoring Our Ancestry, Creating Our Future.”
In July of 2014, ECS signed a contract with YWCA Utah to provide spiritual care services to residents and staff of their facility. In July of 2015, this contract was expanded to include two days per week of spiritual care at that location. In October 2015, ECS signed a contract with Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah to provide spiritual care services 24/7 with two part-time staff chaplains who will provide daily spiritual care to patients, their families and staff members. Lakeview Hospital is also designated as a Clinical Placement Site in relationship to the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital. Descriptions of the Clinical Placement Site, Lakeview Hospital, its history, facilities, and educational resources are included in this handbook on pp 33-35. In April of 2017, ECS signed a contract with Ogden Regional Medical Center to provide spiritual care services 24/7 with one full-time manager and four PRN chaplains.
Fr Lincoln Ure served the patients, their families and staff members
of St. Mark’s Hospital for forty-one years. Born on October 4, 1947,
he died on June 10, 2016 after a brief struggle with cancer. Linc,
as he was known by all, was a constant presence of kindness,
wisdom and soulful care of patients, their families, staff members
and students. He tended the spiritual needs of all who were lucky
enough to encounter him. He lent his great heart and warm smile
to anyone who looked like they could use a soul friend. He referred
to himself as a “priest on his feet.” To him that meant that his work
was in the hospital and among the patients and staff he loved.
Through his teaching, Linc’s work spread far beyond the walls
of St. Mark’s Hospital. The Spiritual Care Department at
St. Mark’s Hospital is fully staffed with his hand-picked
protegés. Other graduates practice Linc’s art of soul
retrieval in hospitals far and wide. From along the
Wasatch front to New York City to the US Navy Air Corps
to the US Marines. Nothing gave Linc more satisfaction
than to see his students become the chaplains he dreamed they could be.
Following the untimely death of Fr. Ure, ECS named The Reverend Nancy Piggott, BCC as Acting Director of the Pastoral Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital. In this capacity, Nancy oversees the spiritual care of patients, their families, staff members and ACPE Accredited CPE interns and residents. As an ACPE Certified Educator, she develops and implements programs of Clinical Pastoral Education that meet the Standards of ACPE..
This corporate concern for the health of others was not limited to Episcopalians or to non-Mormons but rncluded all in the Salt Lake Community. The people of Salt Lake City heartily received this expression of God's love. Bishop Tuttle stated,
"I would call attention to the fact that when the Church takes the lead in beneficent activities for human welfare, sneering at or captious criticism of her is never heard. St. Mark's Hospital commended itself to all the people, whatever their beliefs, doubts, or denials in dogmatic theology and doctrinal religion. The county authorities, all of them Mormon, asked leave to send their sick and poor and paid for them out of county revenues."
Other Episcopal Bishops continued this health care endeavor. Bishop Francis Spencer Spaulding paid off the hospital building debts in the early I 900's with funds raised from his Eastern lecture circuit preaching on American Indians, Mormons, Christian Socialism, and collective bargaining. Another Anglican interest is in the human body. The answers to the question of what is the meaning of injury and illness in the human soma require multidimensional approaches. The human soma is physical, emotional, and spiritual.
"I would call attention to the fact that when the Church takes the lead in beneficent activities for human welfare, sneering at or captious criticism of her is never heard. St. Mark's Hospital commended itself to all the people, whatever their beliefs, doubts, or denials in dogmatic theology and doctrinal religion. The county authorities, all of them Mormon, asked leave to send their sick and poor and paid for them out of county revenues."
Other Episcopal Bishops continued this health care endeavor. Bishop Francis Spencer Spaulding paid off the hospital building debts in the early I 900's with funds raised from his Eastern lecture circuit preaching on American Indians, Mormons, Christian Socialism, and collective bargaining. Another Anglican interest is in the human body. The answers to the question of what is the meaning of injury and illness in the human soma require multidimensional approaches. The human soma is physical, emotional, and spiritual.
Healing of the human soma must therefore involve professionals from medical, psychological, and pastoral field s. In the early history of the hospital, these professional concerns frequently came from one person. The first superintendent of St. Mark's Hospital was the assistant priest of St. Mark's Cathedral.
Two years later, another assistant priest became assistant superintendent of the hospital and received the title, Chaplain. Since that time, Sl. Mark's has had a chaplain who functioned as a part time employee of the hospital. For many years following the founding of the hospital, a priest administered St. Mark's Hospital.
With the building of the old St. Mark's Hospital in the 1880's came the building of an adjacent parish church. The vicar of that church was chaplain of St. Mark's Hospital. Later, the church was torn down and a chapel built in side the hospital. During the 1950's and early 1960's, St. Mark's Hospital shared its chaplain with St Mark's School and Rowland Hall School. Pastoral Care services expanded in the 1960's with the appointment of the Rev. Francis Winder as full time chaplain . Thomas J. Hartford, administrator of St. Mark's Hospital, made the Chaplain a department head over the newly created Department of Religion.
Two years later, another assistant priest became assistant superintendent of the hospital and received the title, Chaplain. Since that time, Sl. Mark's has had a chaplain who functioned as a part time employee of the hospital. For many years following the founding of the hospital, a priest administered St. Mark's Hospital.
With the building of the old St. Mark's Hospital in the 1880's came the building of an adjacent parish church. The vicar of that church was chaplain of St. Mark's Hospital. Later, the church was torn down and a chapel built in side the hospital. During the 1950's and early 1960's, St. Mark's Hospital shared its chaplain with St Mark's School and Rowland Hall School. Pastoral Care services expanded in the 1960's with the appointment of the Rev. Francis Winder as full time chaplain . Thomas J. Hartford, administrator of St. Mark's Hospital, made the Chaplain a department head over the newly created Department of Religion.