50 years of open doors

  We have picked the fruit from trees we have not planted.  We have been enhanced in a place that we discovered had been awaiting our arrival.  We have kept alive the vision that Chapel House and the Fund for the Study of the Great Religions have held before us.  We celebrate.

"Zen for the Modern World," a talk by Jeff Shore, Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 4:30-6:00 p.m., in the Persson Auditorium (027 Persson Hall).

"Creative Responses to Religious Pluralism," a talk by Diana L. Eck, Thursday, October 8, 2009, 4:30-6:00 p.m., in the Persson Auditorium (027 Persson Hall).

"Miles Bronson:  Alumnus, Apostle to Assam -- A Tale of Two Valleys," a talk by Frederick S. Downs in the Humanities Colloquium Series, Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 4:30-6:00 p.m., in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (105 Lawrence Hall).

Masterpieces of Chinese Music performed by the group Music from China, Sunday, September 20, 2009, 3:30 p.m., in the Colgate Memorial Chapel. 

Dana and Pirit:  Sri Lankan Buddhist Ceremonies of Almsgiving and Blessing, April 21, 2009.

• 11:30 a.m.: Dana, an almsgiving of food, homily, and blessings, followed by a South Asian meal, in the Multipurpose Room, ALANA Cultural Center
• 7:00 p.m.: Pirit, ceremony of blessings and protection offered in chant, in the O'Connor Media Lounge (The Coop)

Inaugural Event:  "Open to Surprise and Friendship," a talk by Professor Charles Hallisey '75, Thursday, April 2, 2009, 4:15-5:45 p.m., in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (105 Lawrence Hall). 

Chapel House is a spiritual sanctuary and retreat house in Hamilton, NY atop the wooded rolling hills of beautiful Colgate University campus.  Created in 1959 as a place of peace for study and contemplation, Chapel House welcomes anyone of any religious tradition -- or none.

Chapel House offers a setting for study, reflection, meditation...

• library shelves filled with over five thousand volumes covering the world's great religions
• works of religious art displayed in every public room
• the music room holds an extensive collection of recorded religious music
• the serene chapel offers solace and silence
• five rooms provide privacy for resident guests
• the warm dining room invites stimulating conversation over meals served to resident guests
• no specific discipline is imposed, no instruction given, no lectures offered

   In Chapel House, the seeker will discover personal insights
through books, art, music and nature.