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Welcome

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Here at Mount Holyoke, you have the opportunity to be part of a vibrant and diverse spiritual community.

Mount Holyoke is one of the few liberal arts colleges in the country to actively support nine faith groups on campus. Whether you adhere to one particular faith or are a nondenominational seeker looking for a spiritual home or homes here, you will have many opportunities to learn about, explore, and participate in a wide range of traditions and activities.

Eliot House is the center of spiritual life at Mount Holyoke. Located in the heart of the campus, Eliot House bustles with students, faculty, and staff who attend the many programs, lunches, workshops, services, feasts, and festivals that are held here. We hope you enjoy this site and that you will visit Eliot House soon!

Abbey Memorial Chapel is located across from Eliot House. Its grand main chapel is spacious enough to host large ceremonies while Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary offers an intimate home for all faith groups on campus and can accommodate small weddings.

We also have a wonderful labyrinth made by our own students several years ago during January term.

What is a Labyrinth, you ask:

"The Labyrinth is a riddle
It is the cosmos and the world
The life of human kind, the womb of the earth
The journey, the way to the center
The way to ourselves"

Ursa Krattiger Tinga


A labryinth is a path that leads you to wherever you let it take you. A
place to meditate, a path to calm, to understanding yourself. It is a
time to reenergize yourself in whatever way works for you. A time for
yourself - and don't you deserve it?

I hope you'll take advantage of this wonderful offering to our community.

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The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
Weekly Events

Sunday
Protestant Worship Service
11 am Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary

Catholic Mass
6:30 pm Abbey Memorial Chapel

Zazen Meditation
9 pm Eliot House First Floor (Washinan)

Tuesday
Japanese Tea Ceremony
7:30 pm Eliot House First Floor – Washinan
*reservations required, call 3534 between 1-4 pm

Wednesday
Interfaith Lunch
Noon Eliot House Lounge

Mindfulness Meditation, Cultivating a Peaceful Heart
4:15-5:45 pm Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary

Thursday
Multifaith Council
4 pm, Eliot House Lounge

SHRI – Sisters of Hinduism Reaching Inwards
Puja followed by dinner
5 pm Eliot House Hindu Prayer room and lounge

Friday
Hallal Lunch followed by Jumma Prayer
Noon, Eliot House Lounge and Muslim Prayer Room

Unitarian Universalists Gathering
4:00-5:00 pm Eliot House Lounge

Shabbat Dinner
6 pm Wilder Dining Hall

First Friday of the Month – Community Shabbat Dinner
5:30 Eliot House

All events open to the MHC Community
We are on facebook.com, our name is Eliot House.


Office of Religious Life
Eliot House, Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075
413-538-2054

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