Welcome to the Catholic community at Williams College!
The Chaplains’ Office offers opportunities to deepen your faith and immerse yourself in the Catholic community through retreats, service opportunities, prayer gatherings, academic talks, social events, pilgrimages, and cultural celebrations.
If you’d like to read, sing, play an instrument, or serve as a Eucharistic Minister at Mass, please reach out to me directly. Please also consider joining Williams Catholic, the registered student organization (RSO), which is led by students.
We have Mass on campus on Sunday nights at 7:30 PM throughout the academic year. Typically, Mass is held in the main sanctuary of Thompson Memorial Chapel (the gothic building overlooking Route 2). However, the chapel is under construction through the month of September 2025, so we will have Mass in Griffin Hall (Room 3) until the renovations are complete.
Please join us in Griffin Hall on Sunday, August 31 at 7:30 PM for the first Mass of the semester. If you are planning on participating in WOOLF, you likely won’t be able to make it back to campus for Mass. All other EphVenture programs have schedules that should make Mass attendance on that evening possible. We hope that you will join us for Mass and then stay for snacks and conversation with fellow Catholic Ephs!
If you are discerning about becoming Catholic or making your First Holy Communion or Confirmation, I offer preparatory classes (OCIA/RCIA) on campus every year. Please reach out to me if you’d like to speak about these possibilities. I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Bridget Power, Catholic Chaplain
