Pastoral Care Staff

Rev. Stephen Murray, Director of Pastoral Care, is anACPE Certified Educator. He earned a B.A. in Religion from Nyack College; an M.P.S from Alliance Theological Seminary; and an M.T.S. from Palmer Seminary. Rev. Murray served as a minister in churches in Connecticut, Texas, North Carolina, New Jersey and Michigan from 1980 through 2010. He also taught Religion and Philosophy as an adjunct professor at several colleges and universities, including Nyack College and the University of Toledo. He is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Rev. Murray completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System prior to joining the Pastoral Care staff in the summer of 2011.

Sister Irene Asztemborska is a native of Poland and has been a member of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth since 1974. After receiving her RN diploma in Poland, she worked as a nurse in school and home health settings for six years. Sister Irene came to the United States in 1988 and in 2001 became a U.S. citizen. Following her certification as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in 1992, she worked for four years at the United Regional Health Care System. In 1998, she was certified as a Registered Nurse. In addition to her work in nursing, Sister Irene served her community in various congregational leadership duties. In 2000, she completed four units of CPE at the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas and then served as a staff chaplain at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler for one year. From 2002 to 2006, she worked as a staff chaplain at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls, Texas and in October of 2006 returned to Tyler to join the Pastoral Care Staff of CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System.

Sister Malgorzata Majszczyk, known as Sister Margo, serves as a chaplain at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances. She has been a member of the Roman Catholic Community, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth since 1979. She was born and raised in Warsaw, Poland. She received her undergraduate degree in Constructional Ceramics from the Ceramics Technical School in 1980 and she holds a Masters of Theology degree from the Catholic Theology University in Warsaw, Poland since 1989. In 1994, she began hospital chaplaincy in Tyler, Texas at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances where she fell in love with this ministry. She has served her Community as a chaplain at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System in three separate periods, 1994-1997, 2003-2009, and since October 2015. She completed five units of Clinical Pastoral Education at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. In addition she served as a chaplain at the United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls, Texas from 1999-2002.

She is grateful to God for the opportunity to be a part of the profound ministry as a chaplain serving those in need.

Father Luke Kalarickal a Roman Catholic priest, serves as staff chaplain for CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler. Originally from India, he is a member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Francis De Sales. He earned a B.A. degree from Andhra University and degrees in theology and education from the Pontifical Institute of Theology in Bangalore. He has served in the Diocese of Tyler at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Chandler, Texas. He has completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System and is a board-certified chaplain through the National Association of Catholic Chaplains. Fr. Luke has been a member of the Pastoral Care Department during two periods of time, 2005-2007 and since March of 2010.