Monday evening, its first ever chapel was dedicated in a ceremony that included a dedicatory Catholic mass conducted by members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.

Kyle Brostrom, president of CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital-Davis, told the Standard-Examiner the chapel dedication has been a long time coming.

“The hospital was acquired by CommonSpirit Healthcare a little over two years ago,” he said. “Since the transition of ownership, this has always been a part of the plan. Being part of CommonSpirit Healthcare, which is a Catholic healthcare system, it’s a requirement that we have a Catholic chapel in place for spiritual renewal and peace that can go alongside the other healing places in the hospital.”

He said the small space that now makes up the chapel came with a big transition.

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“We were really excited we were able to find this place,” he said. “We converted a former gift shop and turned it into the chapel. It doesn’t look like a gift shop anymore — it actually looks like a great place to come and be spiritually healed.”

While dedicated as a Catholic chapel, it was announced during the dedication that the space is available to all who enter the hospital, regardless of faith, 24/7. It was also announced that a Catholic mass will be held in the chapel every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.

Hospitals have emergency departments, radiology centers and other important medical spaces, but Brostrom noted that the chapel provides something else important for the setting.

“It gets back to the mission of CommonSpirit Health — to make the presence of God known in our world,” he said. “As humans, yes we have physical ailments, we need emergency care, we have broken bones or whatever, but it’s important that people know they can be spiritually healed — mind, body and spirit. As a hospital and as a part of CommonSpirit Healthcare, that’s part of our mission — to provide that healing, not just physical healing, but the healing mind, body and spirit.”

He said it was moving to watch the dedication ceremony and mass unfold.

“I’ve actually never participated in a Catholic mass before,” he said. “This was my first time at a Catholic mass and I thought it was really profound. The symbolism and the words of those that administered the dedication were really profound and meaningful.”

CommonSpirit is set to conduct similar chapel dedication ceremonies at other recently acquired hospitals throughout the region, including tonight at CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital-Mountain Point in Lehi at 5 p.m. A dedication ceremony for the chapel at CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital-West Valley in West Valley was held in June. The other two regional CommonSpirit hospitals — CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley in West Jordan and CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City — will hold dedication ceremonies for their chapels at a later date.