The Facts on campus religios resources

The following are some of Yale's religious services and organizations:

The University Chaplain's Office serves both religious and nonreligious people. University Public Worship, an inclusive Protestant service, meets Sundays in Battell Chapel.

The Black Church at Yale holds worship services and encourages participation in the Yale Gospel Choir. Yale Students for Christ and Yale Christian Fellowship are student groups which hold fellowship meetings and sponsor Bible studies in residential colleges.

Yale sponsors a Jewish chaplaincy, Yale Hillel, and a Catholic chaplaincy, St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center. The Hillel, housed at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale on Wall Street, holds Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox services, offers a kosher meal plan, and serves as a base for publications and political organizations. Thomas More House holds masses, liturgy, informal study, and social gatherings.

Other Christian groups on campus include the Baptist Campus Ministry, the Christian Science Organization, the Church of Christ at Yale, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Episcopal Church at Yale, the International Church at Yale, the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church, First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Korean-American Christian Fellowship, Unification Campus Ministry, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and the University Lutheran Ministry.

The Yale Baha'i Association represents an independent world faith that teaches the basic harmony of all religions. The Yale Islamic Association and the Muslim Students Association hold prayer services regularly. Finally, the New Haven Zen Center meets in Dwight Hall.

Magevet, Yale's Hebrew and Israeli music a capella group, and Living Water, Yale's Christian a cappella group, provide two other options for religious expression on campus.

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