For information about Web accessibility, please contact the Webmaster at webmaster@haverford.edu.

Haverford College

Religious & Spiritual Life

header image

Religious & Spiritual Life: Student Groups & Organizations

The following is a list of religious and spiritual student organizations. If you have any questions about anything related to religious and spiritual life at Haverford, please do not hesitate to contact the Haverford Coordinator of Religious and Spiritual Life, Walter Sullivan '82 (wsulliva@haverford.edu).

Athena's Circle (Bryn Mawr)

Baha'i Club

Bi-Co Renewal College Fellowship

Buddhist Sangha Group

Chabad House

  • Regular Events: Friday nights: Services at Chabad House, Saturday mornings (monthly): Services at Chabad House. Bagels and Torah sessions at each of the Tri-Colleges. Reading group at Haverford devoted to one great Jewish thinker per semester. Celebrations of all the Jewish holidays, both at Haverford/Bryn Mawr and at Chabad House.
  • Website: http://www.haverford.edu/organizations/chabad
  • Contact: Alex Lopatin (alopatin@haverford.edu)
  • Advisor: Rabbi Eli Gurevitz (rabbielig@gmail.com)

Episcopal Campus Ministry (ECM)

  • Regular Events: Sundays: Discussion (and pizza!) and Evening Service, 5-7PM. This takes place at the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, PA. Haverford students are picked up in front of HCA Apartment 23 at 4:45.
  • Website: http://www.haverford.edu/organizations/episcopal
  • Contact: Katherine Dopulos, Haverford Peer Minister (kdopulos@haverford.edu) or 201-274-4041

Haverford Christian Fellowship (HCF)

Haverford Hillel/Jewish Student Union (JSU)

Muslim Students Association (MSA)

  • Regular Events: Fridays: Dinners at either Cambrian Row Aewlyd house at Bryn Mawr or in the Multicultural Center at Haverford. (These are the usual locations and messages are sent out to the e-mail lists in case of exceptions. Dinner starts around 7pm.) At least once a week, MSA cooks with JSU or another religious group on either campus. Fridays (based on availability): Drive to the Villanova Mosque around 1pm for prayer. Daily prayer will likely be held in the James House annex, more information coming soon!
  • Website: http://www.haverford.edu/organizations/msa
  • Contacts: Waleed Shahid (wshahid@haverford.edu)
    Shahzeen Nasim (snasim@haverford.edu)
  • Other Resources: MSA is a bi-co organization and also has connections with student groups at Swarthmore and UPenn as well as with the Villanova Islamic Center.)

NEWMAN Catholic Campus Ministry

Quaker Community (QuaC)

  • Regular Events: Sundays (First-days): Quaker House Meeting for Worship: Apartment 50, 12:00-12:45pm. Wednesdays: Fourth Day Meeting in the Multicultural Center (Stokes 106), 10:00-10:30 am.
  • Website: http://www.haverford.edu/organizations/quac
  • Contacts: Christy Tavernelli (ctaverne@haverford.edu)
    Carl Sigmond (csigmond@haverford.edu)
  • Off Campus Resources: Haverford Friends Meeting (400 meters from campus): 855 Buck Lane, Haverford, PA. Sundays 10:30-11:30am. See Quaker Resources sheet for more off-campus opportunities.

Quaker House

Other Quaker Resources