Chaplains, care home staff coping with COVID-19 protocols Dec 17, 2020 national correspondent Health care personnel work inside a coronavirus unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston Dec. 12, 2020, as the United States neared 300,000 COVID-19 deaths. (Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters, via CNS.) When Father Michael Garvey arrived for his shift as a chaplain at the Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, on Tuesday morning, his first stop was the coronavirus floor, right now full with 24 patients. NEW YORK — When Father Michael Garvey arrived for his shift as a chaplain at the Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, on Tuesday, his first stop was the coronavirus floor, right now full with 24 patients.