Campus Ministry: Deepen Your Relationship with God

Places to Pray On Campus

    Marian Chapel

    The Swartz Center for Spiritual Life is home to Campus Ministry and features the beautiful Marian Chapel, with its two-story stained glass doors that can be opened for special outdoor liturgical celebrations.  The Eucharistic Liturgy (Mass) is celebrated each Sunday, and the chapel is open daily as a place of communal or private prayer.

    Blessed Sacrament Chapel

    The Blessed Sacrament chapel, located to the right of the altar in the Marian Chapel, is an inviting space for private adoration and prayer. 

    Eucharistic adoration takes place at designated times throughout the year.

    See Campus Ministry announcements, Facebook, or Instagram for days and times.

    Reflection Room

    The Reflection Room located in the Liberal Arts Center, Room 219, is dedicated for use by Marywood University students, faculty, and staff of all faiths for structured or unstructured meditation, reflection, or prayer, individually or in groups.

    Memorial Garden

    The Learning Commons has become the intellectual and social heart of campus. So it is only fitting that in the area directly in front of this gateway to bold ideas, we celebrate the bold hearts that founded the IHM Congregation in 1845 and Marywood in 1915. The focal point of this memorial is a fountain in honor of the IHM Congregation and its founders, at the exact site where the Motherhouse Chapel was once located.


Faith Sharing

    Prayer Resources

    Bible Study

    Each week is filled with songs of worship and praise, a reading of the Bible, discussion on the reading, prayer for individual needs.

    Monday evenings 9:00pm

    Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life

    Bible Study Video

    Women's Group: Delight Ministries

    Personal stories of God at work in daily life are paired with scripture and discussion, worship, service, and fun. A great way to meet and make new friends! Sunday evenings in the Swartz Center for Spiritual Life.

    Sundays at 8:30pm

    Swartz Center, McGowan Community Room

    Contact

    Ivy D'Agostino at [email protected]

    Men's Group: Philia

    Philia is an intentional group for men of all faiths who desire to build real, meaningful, faith-centered relationships. Meetings are on Sunday evenings in the Swartz Center for Spiritual Life.

    Email: [email protected] for more information!

    Find us on Instagram @philia_ministry_marywood

    Watch Philia Video:

Retreats

    AWAKE Retreat

    The AWAKE! Retreat is held early in the fall semester and designed especially for first-year students to meet other new students, explore their faith traditions, and reflect on their hopes and anxieties about their future at Marywood. Facilitated by upper-class Marywood students, this is a fun and meaningful way to begin your college experience.

    Finding God in All Things - A Retreat for Busy People

    Early in Spring Semester

    This retreat is offered to members of the Marywood community (students, faculty, staff) who desire to be more conscious of the presence of God in the ordinariness of daily life.

    Participants commit to one-half hour of personal prayer each day and to one-half hour conversation with a personal spiritual companion who helps you sense the movement of God in your life.

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    Search Retreat

    A long tradition for Marywood students, SEARCH is offered in the spring semester. Form lasting relationships with current students and alumni who have made this memorable retreat.