Home / News / Goddard Chapel Instruments Wednesday, May, 1st, 2019 Past Announcements Chime ringer in Goddard Chapel, 1948 A carillon is a set of tuned bells arranged so that music can be played on them. The 25 carillon bells were donated a…
Home / Programs / MLK Celebration AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) Thursday, January 22, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Distler Hall (20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA) Dinner to follow in Alumnae Hall at 7:00 p.m. Join for t…
Home / About Us / Our Mission / Spiritual Care at the University Chaplaincy Goddard Chapel Tower, Emily Zilm for Tufts University 2011 Spiritual care is a type of counseling provided by professional chaplains and trained spiritual leaders.
Home / Events and Weekly Gatherings For more information about regular events and gatherings listed on the calendar below, please select the community of interest from the menu beneath. You can call the chapel at with any questions at 617-6…
Reporting to the University President, the University Chaplain leads the chaplaincy team, which currently includes a Buddhist chaplain, Catholic chaplain, Humanist chaplain, Jewish chaplain, Muslim chaplain, and Protestant chaplain. They se…
Home / About Us / Our Spaces / Space Reservation Request Thank you for considering University Chaplaincy spaces. Please submit the form below if you are a Tufts student, staff, faculty or administrator hosting an event for Tufts community m…
Home / Programs / MLK Celebration / MLK Student Voices Award The River I Carry Inside Me - Winning Submission from Zakaria Tourabi, A29 Find the accompanying written piece from Tourabi here. Skeletons: Dry Bones - Honorable Mention Submissi…
Tufts University celebrates and acknowledges the religious and philosophical diversity of its faculty, staff, and students. This multifaith calendar has been updated and expanded by the University Chaplaincy in collaboration with the Office…
The Tufts University Chaplaincy was established in 1905. 1905 Edwin Courtlandt Bolles, University Chaplain 1920 Lee Sullivan McCollester, University Chaplain 1940 Clarence Russell Skinner, University Chaplain 1950 John Moses Ratcliff, Unive…
Home / About Us / Our Spaces / Tufts University Chaplaincy Weddings and Memorials The University Chaplaincy maintains a calendar of open dates for weddings and memorials; there are certain unavailable dates due to University activities (e.g…
Home / About Us / History / Goddard Chapel History Most of the information below is drawn from Light on the hill: A history of Tufts College, 1852-1952. The text is linked at the Tufts library here. Dedicated in 1883, Goddard Chapel serves
Home / Programs / Baccalaureate Ceremony for the Class of 2026 / Wendell Phillips Address at Baccalaureate Ceremony Faculty, staff, and students may nominate seniors to apply to be the Wendell Phillips Speaker, and seniors many self-nominat…