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The Belfast Chaplaincy team work together to promote a welcoming, inclusive community offering pastoral and spiritual support and care to all students and staff.

They are available on campus to support the whole university community and are interested in all aspects of your university life. You can chat to a chaplain anytime about anything.

The Chaplaincy Lounge BA-02-003 is a safe social space on campus for students and staff to meet, chat and unwind with some soft seating and FREE tea/coffee. Come hang out between classes or find some friends to play a board game or music with. Chaplaincy seminars and small group activities are also held here.

On Mondays there is an opportunity to gather in the Lounge for Campus Prayer.

On Tuesdays, we host a big Chaplaincy Free Lunch for students & staff over in St Anne’s Cathedral Hall 12.30pm-1.45pm (entrance onTalbot Street).

ISAS host a weekly Coffee and Chat Drop-in session for international students in the Chaplaincy Lounge on Wednesdays -10.30-12.30pm.

And Wednesday lunchtimes you can join a Chaplaincy Book group, Bible Study, Discipleship course or Seminar from 12.30-2pm. A time to share food, faith and friendship.

I-Café runs on Wednesday evenings in the UUSU Social Space. An opportunity for local students and volunteers to share faith & hospitality with students studying far away from home.

On Thursday evenings we encourage students along to the UUB Christian Union which meets in BC-LT-1 at 7pm. And later there’s also Hearts on Fire, an Ignatian Spirituality course in the Chaplaincy Lounge.

Worship 101 is a chaplaincy inter-campus, late-night worship and prayer event held later on Thursday evenings at 10.30pm in The Hub - Church of Ireland/Methodist Student Centre on Elmwood Avenue. Here you can gather with students from all across the city to worship together until midnight.

On Friday afternoons you are invited to join some of our students and staff who gather in the Chaplaincy Lounge for African style worship.

At the weekend and other times throughout the year there are opportunities to get out into the fresh air & explore the local countryside with the Chaplaincy team. Pre-booking is essential for this activity – so ask a chaplain to add your name to the Chaplaincy Danders WhatsApp group to join.

Further information about our chaplaincy programme and any other great initiatives or causes we are involved in can be found on the UUB events calendar and the UUB Chaplaincy socials.

If you need some help to find a local church or place of religious worship, the chaplains can assist and refer you to the Directory of Local Places of Worship whichis available from the Chaplaincy Office.

Where to find us

Chaplaincy Coffee Lounge / Prayer space Birley Building (BA-02-003)

On a busy campus, Chaplaincy is somewhere you can find quiet and calm... Somewhere you can come to relax, chat, study, read, play guitar, meet up with your mentor or small group, get a free cup of tea/coffee. It’s a great place for both local and international students and staff to mix and a useful base for home students.

We are open daily - drop in and make yourself at home. If the room is being used for a Chaplaincy event / act of worship, a notice will be displayed outside the door.

Chaplains’ Office (BA-02-006)

Just along the corridor from the lounge - opposite Paul Henry café.

Islamic Prayer room (Block BC-02-05/06 )

Open every day for quiet reflection and prayer. Separate provision has been made for males & females and there are also Ablution rooms situated nearby, beside the lifts.