At your core you have a spirit, or soul, that hungers for nourishment, inspiration and peace.
Indeed, this is the most important part of your utterly unique self. Yet when was the last time you heard a college say, “Coming to school here can do wonders for your soul”?
An Abbey education can be as good for your soul as it is for your mind and body. “The soul of education is the education of the soul,” a wise man once said.
Obviously, the Abbey is Catholic and Benedictine in its spirituality. But whether you're Catholic or Protestant, Hindu or Buddhist, believer or non-believer, you'll feel welcome here.
We would never push our beliefs on anyone. But for those who long for spiritual nourishment as they make their way through the challenges of earning a degree, we just want you to know that nourishment is here for you.
For example, if you ever feel stressed and need a good dose of inner peace, try this little prayer for busy people:
A prayer for busy people
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there is hatred let me bring your love,
Where there is injury your pardon Lord,
And where there's doubt true faith in you.
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope,
Where there is darkness, only light,
And where there's sadness, ever joy.
O Master grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul.
Make me a channel of your peace,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
In giving to all men that we receive,
And in dying that we are born to eternal life.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Other sources of spiritual support can be found on our website.
And on both of our campuses, you can find a quiet chapel where you can pray or meditate.
