Welcome to the St. Lawrence University Chaplain's Office

"Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead, find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed; clear the chaos and the clutter, clear the eyes, so we can all see the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be."
- Shirley Erena Murray

Vision
To infuse the task of education with a vision of a world made whole. (borrowed from United Ministries, WMU)

Mission
The Chaplain's Office at St. Lawrence University is committed to assist community members:

• in building relationships between their intellectual, moral, emotional/mental and religious/spiritual lives;
• with varied faith commitments to live in active partnership with those of different commitments, or of none;
• or that are unfamiliar with the language and traditions of religious/spiritual life to discern the potentially religious/spiritual dimension of contemporary discussions of the environment, multiculturalism, and social and political activism.

At the heart of leadership is listening. Listening to your spirit or nurturing your spirit does not equal religion. It may overlap with religion or belief in God, but this time is about meeting a universal human need to care for our spirit.

So our working definition of spirituality is "that which moves us toward wholeness" - again, that may include religion or God, or it may not - but the nurture of your spirit is the critical piece.

Chapel Information Sheet