|
Home > College Offices > Religious & Spiritual Life > New Students
New Students
If you would like to have a faith group contact you about their events, please complete the Faith Group Contact Request form.
January 2008
Dear Incoming Students:
What a joy it is to welcome you to Mount Holyoke! Since I’m relatively new myself having started in July of 2007, I know what it’s like to begin life in a new and unfamiliar place. I assure you that this campus is a very warm and wonderful place and we’re glad that you’re now a part of our community.
One of the ways we both build community and explore relationships with the divine is through Mount Holyoke’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, located at Eliot House. Eliot House is situated between the Gettell Amphitheater and the Art Museum. In this special place you can sit quietly for prayer and meditation or join other students for our regular Wednesday noon interfaith lunches.
The main purpose of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life is to nurture individual spiritual practice and communal religious life for students, faculty and staff of all faith traditions. Our chaplains and religious advisors work closely with our students to plan worship services, social events, community outreach, discussion groups, kosher and halal dinners, guest speakers, holiday programming, and a variety of multi-faith learning opportunities. We invite you to be a part of this energetic community as we explore what spirituality means to us and wrestle with some of the difficult moral issues that face us in the 21st century. Please check out the related links on this page for event listings, etc. and if you would like to receive email from a particular faith group regarding their events, please fill out the Faith Group Contact Request Form above.
Some students at Mount Holyoke identify strongly with a particular religion; others would define themselves as spiritual but not religious. At Eliot House, we welcome all spiritual seekers.
On this web site you will find a link to a listing of some of the religious groups that are active at Mount Holyoke College. Although the list does not cover every faith group at the College, it does give you a sense of the breadth and depth of religious pluralism on our campus. Every service – every offering – is open to the entire community.
At Eliot House our doors and hearts are always open. We are here to listen, guide, counsel, and encourage you. We look forward to welcoming you to Mount Holyoke College very soon!
Peace and Blessings,
Rev. Gladys G. Moore
Dean of Religious Life,
On behalf of the Eliot House Staff, College Chaplains and Religious Advisors
|
