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At the Heart of the Matter:
A Welcome from the Chaplain of the University

Welcome to the Class of 2012
A Religious Service Schedule during Orientation Week

Religious Services on Campus Will Resume the First Week of September (A schedule during the fall orientation will be posted soon.)

Read about the Multifaith Council's Spring Break Trip
to New Orleans:
"Third Wave of Spring Breakers Rebuild NOLA," Brown Daily Herald, April 7, article by Susan Kovar


Thursday Interfaith Night Supper @ 5:00 p.m. (Will Resume in September 2008)
Sign-up for the email announcements about speakers at this link.


OCRL in the News

OCRL's Rabbi Alan Flam Joins Area Clergy to Address RI Policy on Immigration: Providence Journal, April 3, 2008, article by Tom Mooney

Brown Students Featured in "Religion on Campus" Segment on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
(click on the link above to see the segment and hear commentary from the students and Chaplain of the University Janet Cooper Nelson)

More OCRL In the News
Christian Science Monitor: Part 1: A dorm that prays together | Part 2: A dorm room big enough for two faiths
Inside Brown: Living One's Faith through More than Prayer

Past Items

 
   

Religious life at Brown is wide-ranging and accommodating for students of all faiths.
The multifaith chaplaincy on campus works to ensure that all beliefs can find a home on campus. Manning Chapel, Brown Hillel, and the Brown Muslim Student Center represent some of the more established centers for religious services at Brown. In addition, there are frequent meetings of fellowship and spirituality groups throughout the campus.

To promote communication and understanding among all religious groups, the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life sponsors a number of interfaith initiatives.
Interfaith "Thursday" Supper - weekly, with delicious food, exciting speakers, and invigorating conversation.
Multi-Faith Council - student leaders from the religious and faith communities on campus, who meet to explore ways to deepen their understandings of different traditions and create educational opportunities for the wider university community.
Interfaith House - an interfaith residential space which fosters community and creative discussion and inter-religious dialogue for both the religious/spiritual and the nonreligious/spiritual, and everyone in-between.

Prayer, Study, Meditation, and Worship
The nurture of the life of soul and spirit is at the center of our work. We extend a warm welcome to all members of the Brown family to participate in the on-campus gatherings for prayer, study, meditation, service and corporate worship. We are always eager to hear of new ideas and projects. The Brown community is also invited to use the Meditation Room, located in Room 231, Faunce House.

Pastoral Care
The Chaplains are available by appointment to provide counsel and support, and may be reached by e-mail or phone, (401) 863-2344. They are also always available to care for the University community and may be contacted at any hour through Brown's Office of Public Safety, (401) 863-3322. A bereavement group for students meets weekly in the University Chaplain's office. Call for details.

   
"It could be that God has...spread a fabric of spirit and sense so grand and subtle,
so powerful in a new way, that we can only blindly feel of its hem."
—From A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
 
Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life, Brown University, Box 1931, Providence, RI 02912
Room 228, Faunce House, 75 Waterman St. | Map and Directions
Phone: (401) 863-2344 / Fax: (401) 863-9359