Chaplaincy on campus

In UUB, the 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. 

Find us:

The Chaplaincy Lounge BA-02-003 (Birley building)

The Chaplaincy is a safe social space on campus.   Somewhere you can come to relax, chat, study, read, play guitar, board games, meet up with your small group, get a free cup of tea/coffee. It’s a great place for both local and international students & staff to meet 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 a notice will be displayed outside the door.

Chaplains’ Office BA-02-006

Just along the corridor from the Lounge (opposite the Paul Henry café).

Weekly events

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 on Talbot 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 (LT1) or Catholic Student Society at 7pm. 

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 to 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.

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

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·       Facebook: UUChaplaincybelfast

·       Instagram: UUChaplaincybelfast

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 available from the Chaplaincy Office.

Gail Mercer

Chaplain – Methodist & Church of Ireland

Email - g.mercer@ulster.ac.uk

Social @ - UUChaplaincybelfast