{"id":121,"date":"2023-09-22T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/spirituallife\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:48:09","slug":"spiritual-life-at-queens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/spirituallife\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious &amp; Spiritual Life at Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Queens University of Charlotte recognizes the integral relationship between mind, body, and spirit, encouraging students to nourish each in healthy and balanced ways. Students are encouraged to draw from their spiritual wells while being enriched through encounters with people who draw from different wells. The Spiritual Life team works collaboratively across Queens to create brave spaces in which faculty, staff, and students critically and openly engage with diverse religious, spiritual, and secular worldviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n<component\n  is=\"media-context\"\n  class=\"media-context media-context--light media-context--reverse\"\n>\n  <div class=\"media-context__inner grid\">\n    <div class=\"media-context__context\">\n          \n<component is=\"context\" class=\"context context--medium context--dark \">\n          <p>Aligned with our commitment to pluralism at Queens, the chaplain\u2019s office reflects a commitment to religious, spiritual and secular diversity within our community. We strive to create opportunities for spiritual grounding, nourishment and growth.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to connect with a religious, spiritual or secular community, either within the Queens community or the wider community, please contact the Chaplain for options that may meet your requirements.<\/p>\n\n    <\/component>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"media-context__image\">\n                              <picture>\n      <source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/spirituallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/09\/Event.jpg\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"media-context__img\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/spirituallife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/09\/Event.jpg\"\n        alt=\"Adrian and students at event\"\n      \/>\n    <\/picture>\n  \n                  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/component>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Queens Spiritual Life has offered a synergy of spiritual and intellectual reflection, the true hallmark of a liberal arts education, which invites students to bring their entire selves to the process of learning. Queens Spiritual Life has been an oasis of spiritual nourishment for students from all walks of life. It is one of the few places on campus where we can have difficult interfaith conversations and come to agree that we will love and respect one another, irrespective of our theological and ideological differences.&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Hadia Mubarak<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worship Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for a place to worship within 5 miles of Queens University? 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