Interfaith

Sacred Heart University is Catholic in tradition and spirit.

As a Catholic university, it seeks to play its appropriate role in the modern world. It exemplifies in its life the Judeo-Christian values of the God-given freedom and dignity of every human person. Inspired by the ecumenical spirit of the Second Vatican Council, Sacred Heart University welcomes men and women of all religious traditions and beliefs who share its concerns for truth, scholarship, the dignity of the human person, freedom, and the betterment of human society. It values religious diversity as enhancing the University community and creating opportunities for dialogue in the common search for truth. Through its curricular and co-curricular activities and campus ministry programs, the University provides the context in which students have the opportunity to appropriate in a critical fashion their own religious traditions.

Chaplains

In addition to our interfaith chaplains, we also host various interfaith events in Campus Ministry. These include weekly meditation with our Buddhist monk, Shabbat dinners and a Passover Seder for our Jewish students, Iftar dinners for our Muslim brothers and sisters and Interfaith Amigos, a program where some of our interfaith chaplains are invited to speak on various topics from their respective faith traditions. All students, regardless of your faith tradition, are invited to these events to learn more about religious practices different from your own.

Our Buddhist chaplain, Shim Bo, offers meditation weekly on Wednesdays at 8 a.m., Noon and 5 p.m. These will take place in the interfaith prayer room in the Academic Center. If you’d like to meet with him for one-on-one support or to learn more about meditation, you can email him at barriose2@sacredheart.edu.

Group meditation practice sessions led by Professor Tolga Kaya will be offered in the Interfaith Prayer & Meditation Space at West Campus (next to room 208) every Tuesday from 3 - 3:30 p.m.

Interfaith Prayer & Meditation Spaces

• Assisi Interfaith Prayer & Meditation Room | West Campus, West Building | First Floor W1G108A
• Muslim Prayer Room* | West Campus, West Building | Second Floor W-UC-201A
• Muslim Prayer Room* | Martire Center | Second Floor E-252

*Open daily from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.