The Center for Spiritual Life

The Center for Spiritual Life (CSL) at Emerson College serves multiple purposes. These include:

1. Emphasizing and advancing the role of spirituality within the context of higher education and student/communal life at the College;
2. Ministering to the needs and interests of Emersonians;
3. Fostering a sense of community on campus;
4. Advocating for the needs of under-represented groups;
5. Providing a voice of conscience within the community.

Located on the second floor of the Walker Building at 120 Boylston St., the Center is a trans-denominational, inter-religious enterprise offering a wide variety of spiritual programs, projects, and services to the Emerson community. CSL strives to engage and serve people of all faiths and creeds, Western and Eastern traditions alike, as well as secular and humanistic orientations.

The Center embraces normative religious groups along with free-spirited, humanist ventures. The Center brings students, faculty and staff together in a multi-faceted array of offerings including communal services, advocacy, study, prayer, social action, contemplation, artistic expression, discussion, spiritual exploration, and meditation.

Through a staff of Chaplains, CSL offers spiritual, religious, and personal counseling, as well as the celebration of life-cycle milestones. It is also the home of the student organizations of Goodnews Fellowship, Newman Club and Hillel.