Roman Catholicism is the continuation of Christianity practiced in Western Europe from the first through the sixteenth centuries. Catholics experience God chiefly through prayer, sacramental worship, reading of the Bible or other spiritual texts, meditation, and charitable deeds. Community worship is an important aspect of living the Catholic faith. Roman Catholics believe that mind, body, and spirit comprise a unity. Thus, ‘health’ exists when the different facets of the self are in balance and harmony. Physical and psychological health, as they are understood by modern medicine, are important elements in this harmony. Most parishes provide training programs for lay persons who are specially commissioned to visit and minister to the sick, especially by bringing them Holy Communion. Nurses can plan patients’ schedules not only to allow time for Holy Communion but also time to meditate in silence for a brief time afterward.