Prayer Spaces

All Are Welcome in Merrimack's Prayer Spaces

Merrimack College maintains a number of campus prayer spaces for our students and employees of all faith traditions.

The Collegiate Church of Christ the Teacher

The Collegiate Church of Christ the Teacher

Main Entrance

Merrimack's renovated church, The Collegiate Church of Christ the Teacher, is a place of worship for Merrimack students, parents, alumni and friends to build community and create lasting memories.

Chapel of Our Mother of Good Counsel

Chapel of Our Mother of Good Counsel

Second floor, Austin Hall

Appropriately situated in Austin Hall, which originally housed Augustinian members of the Merrimack faculty, the Chapel of Our Mother of Good Counsel serves as one of Merrimack's worship spaces.

Taylor Chapel

Marian E. Taylor Chapel of St. Augustine

Third floor, Sakowich Campus Center Dedicated in 2001, the chapel is a gift of Kenneth J. Taylor ’63 and his wife, Sandra, in memory of Kenneth Taylor’s mother, Marian E. Taylor, a lifelong Augustinian from Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Its two stained-glass windows, chapel door and altar were in the chapel of Gildea Hall prior to its renovation and renaming.

Common Prayer Room

Common Prayer Room

Second floor, Sakowich Campus Center Dedicated in 2014, the Common Prayer Room welcomes spiritual seekers from all religious traditions to an environment in which they can freely find and follow their spiritual paths.  The room is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is accessible by swiping a valid MackCard.