Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

College Vespers is a Christian worship service held each Thursday evening in Middlebury Chapel.  All students, faculty, and staff are welcome at this peaceful, candle-lit gathering of prayer, music, readings, and meditative silence.  Led by Affiliate Chaplain Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson and others, and sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual & Religious Life.

College Vespers is a Christian worship service held each Thursday evening in Middlebury Chapel.  All students, faculty, and staff are welcome at this peaceful, candle-lit gathering of prayer, music, readings, and meditative silence.  Led by Affiliate Chaplain Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson and others, and sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual & Religious Life.

College Vespers is a Christian worship service held each Thursday evening in Middlebury Chapel.  All students, faculty, and staff are welcome at this peaceful, candle-lit gathering of prayer, music, readings, and meditative silence.  Led by Affiliate Chaplain Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson and others, and sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual & Religious Life.

College Vespers is a Christian worship service held each Thursday evening in Middlebury Chapel.  All students, faculty, and staff are welcome at this peaceful, candle-lit gathering of prayer, music, readings, and meditative silence.  Led by Affiliate Chaplain Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson and others, and sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual & Religious Life.

Join Spiritual and Religious Life Dean Mark R. Orten for a half-hour of quiet contemplation with reading and music for our times. Intentional silence and guided meditation will be interspersed with music and readings from secular worldviews and sacred traditions to open our awareness and to find strength and perspective for living during pandemical, political, racial, ecological and other upheavals. Connect each Wednesday by Zoom. All are welcome. Please use password “wisdom.” 

Join Spiritual and Religious Life Dean Mark R. Orten for a half-hour of quiet contemplation with reading and music for our times. Intentional silence and guided meditation will be interspersed with music and readings from secular worldviews and sacred traditions to open our awareness and to find strength and perspective for living during pandemical, political, racial, ecological and other upheavals. Connect each Wednesday by Zoom. All are welcome. Please use password “wisdom.” 

Join Spiritual and Religious Life Dean Mark R. Orten for a half-hour of quiet contemplation with reading and music for our times. Intentional silence and guided meditation will be interspersed with music and readings from secular worldviews and sacred traditions to open our awareness and to find strength and perspective for living during pandemical, political, racial, ecological and other upheavals. Connect each Wednesday by Zoom. All are welcome. Please use password “wisdom.” 

A Closer Look at Antisemitism and Islamophobia
Description: In this workshop we will look closely at two forms of anti-religious hate and discrimination, exploring their origins, characteristics, and how they manifest today— especially in America and on campus. Led by Rabbi/Associate Chaplain Danielle Stillman, and Muslim Advisor/Associate Chaplain Saifa Hussain.

Mindfulness and Anti-Oppression
Drawing on the principles and practices of mindfulness, we will explore non-violent approaches to dismantling oppressive hierarchies and power structures. Led by Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life Mark R. Orten.

Join Spiritual and Religious Life Dean Mark R. Orten for a half-hour of quiet contemplation with reading and music for our times. Intentional silence and guided meditation will be interspersed with music and readings from secular worldviews and sacred traditions to open our awareness and to find strength and perspective for living during pandemical, political, racial, ecological and other upheavals.