54 years of open doors

Chapel House will be closed May 20th through July 19th, 2013, for construction.  To make future reservations, please write to Susan Weitz at sweitz@colgate.edu.

Chapel House is a spiritual sanctuary and retreat house in Hamilton, New York, 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
• six 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.