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Markus Lange, Resident Chaplain at the Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead

Since March 2010, I'm the Resident Chaplain at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead.

In my role there as a full member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team of healthcare professionals, I'm the Spiritual & Religious Care specialist and available to all: patients, visitors and colleagues alike.

My work there is challenging at times, but always rewarding. Often it's the little things, a Thank You, a smile, a chat in the hallway that makes a huge difference in someone's day, or even life. And at the same time, it's also part of my job to keep an eye on the hospice as a whole in a spiritual sense. With so may people doing amazing work at the hospice and many more people visiting as volunteers, relatives and friends, I try to make my contribution to making everybody feel appreciated for what they bring and for what they do to help.  

Today, I'd like to ask you to support me and my colleagues in our work at the Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead.
Your donation will make a difference and help our doctors, nurses, therapists, counsellors, social workers, spiritual care providers and the entire team to give to patients and their families the care and attention they deserve.

Please support our work and give generously. 


To find out more about the work I do, you can read the following article:

The Camden New Journal wrote:3 June, 2010 by RUTH GORB

Health News - Rabbi explains his approach to offering spiritual comfort to patients of all faiths at hospice

Seriously ill patients at the Royal Free Hospital have access to a multi-faith chaplaincy for their spiritual comfort. But the one and only chaplain at the Hospice is a rabbi. Why? Because, they say, he is simply the best man for the job.

Markus Lange is young, modern – he has guitar and poetry sessions on Fridays – and his approach, like the hospice, is strictly non-denominational, as is his style: “Hello, my name is Markus – I’m here if you need a chat.” 

And the chat is not about religion. One of the best and longest conversations he has had, he says, was with a man who said: “I’m afraid you’re talking to the biggest atheist in town.”

Mr Lange was born in Germany, had a quiet, rural upbringing there, left when he was 20 and spent the next years travelling and studying in Europe and, perhaps most significantly, in New York; an important step, he says, because in America there is a holistic approach to chaplaincy. 

“I studied there with a team of specialists from all faiths,” said Mr Lange. “Our group was Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran – a great mix of people. Which is what you find when you go into a hospice.”

He thought he’d end up in Jewish education but friends persuaded him to go for the rabbinate. The studying continues – he will be ordained in July – but the 19 hours a week he spends in the hospice are of great importance to him. He is there, he says, for everyone: friends, doctors, neighbours, carers, and staff, as well as patients – and for the receptionists, too, who see so many people come and go and who can suffer their own share of distress. Mr Lange gives them all time, and he listens. 

Read the whole article at:

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2010/jun/health-news-rabbi-explains-his-approach-offering-spiritual-comfort-patients-all-faiths

Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead (London)

To find out more, visit: http://hospicenorthlondon.mariecurie.org.uk/