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Center for Religious & Spiritual Life

We welcome you exactly as you are, joyful, tired, lonely, or curious, and our mission is that you feel accepted in body, mind and soul. The most important goal of the CRSL is radical hospitality. Regardless of whether you consider yourself religious, non-religious, spiritual but not religious, agnostic or atheist, questioning, or anything in between, this is your space. We provide and offer opportunities for serious religious observance and learning. We are queer affirming and committed to principles of equity and human rights that are at the heart of all faith and wisdom traditions.

Events

Rosary Prayer Group

Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 2:30-3 p.m.

Arrive at 2:30pm to pray the Rosary with members of Smith's Newman Catholic Club.

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Rosary Prayer Group

Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 4-4:30 p.m.

Arrive at 2:30pm to pray the Rosary with members of Smith's Newman Catholic Club.

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Trust as Our Act of Resistance.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 6-7:30 p.m.

An evening of dialogue and community building. Supportive and intentional conversation with the goal...

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Soup, Salad, and Soul

Friday, February 28, 2025 | 12:15-1 p.m.

Come get cozy and enjoy a hot, delicious vegetarian soup made by awesome student cooks while taking ...

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Living, Learning, and Leading at Smith

Our students enjoy building community, satisfying their thirst for knowledge and opening up new horizons. At the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life we support your interests and collaborate with you to bring them alive. From religious and spiritual practices to wisdom-informed traditions, we foster a rich environment of support, guidance and space for contemplation and action.

Women & Religious Leadership Symposium

March 6–8, 2025

Smith College Conference Center

Fifty years ago, virtually no women served as the primary religious leaders in congregations, synagogues, mosques, or temples in the U.S. Today, a handful of denominations have gender parity, and even those who still exclude women leaders have grassroots advocacy groups agitating for change. This symposium gathers fourteen scholars from across the country and reflects on these changes within contemporary Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities.

Learn more about the symposium or register for events.

Toward Racial Justice at Smith - A Living Document for Community Comment

In this time of urgent racial crisis, we emerge from ongoing planning into powerful action.

With recommendations from our Toward Racial Justice at Smith plan, Smith College continues its commitment to transparency, to inclusivity and to racial justice at Smith. Informed by student, staff and faculty voices to Inclusion in Action work, as well as student and alumnae/i demands, discussions with the Inclusion Council and Presidents’ Cabinet, the college commits to action.

Learn About Plan Action Items

Contact Center for Religious & Spiritual Life

Helen Hills Hills Chapel

123-125 Elm Street

Smith College

Northampton, MA 01063

Our Staff

Phone: 413-585-2750

We are open daily to the Smith community from 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. for prayer, reflection, conversation, meditation, study and worship.