At Babson, we believe graduate religious and spiritual life is a key part of our overall well-being. What this means can be very personal and unique to each of us. Babson is proud to support a diverse religious culture so that you can be your whole self here—while developing an inclusive and entrepreneurial mindset that opens doors to understanding and collaboration.
The Galvin Family Chapel hosts events and services for people of all faiths, cultures, and traditions, and is the home base of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. As you ascend the stone steps to this inclusive place of worship, set on a sloping hillside nearing the edge of campus, you’ll feel a sense of peace come over you.
Named to honor the family of William F. Glavin, ninth president of Babson College, the Glavin Family Chapel is a home to the diverse spiritual lives of the Babson community. At Babson, we welcome all faith traditions and spiritual groups. If your faith tradition isn’t yet represented, we can support you in building a spiritual community.
You have access to religious leaders—or “chaplains”—from the Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faiths. These leaders serve the entire Babson Community, with the goals of strengthening individual faith and spiritual identities, providing opportunities for interfaith dialog, and addressing social challenges.
They are also Title IX Confidential Resources. A diverse team of intellectual thinkers, social influencers, and moral leaders, they are here to support you as an individual while also serving the wider Babson community.
dratley@babson.edu
781-239-5969
Glavin Family Chapel, Room 101
Denicia serves as the Senior Director of the Office of Belonging and Inclusion, a newly established office that merges Religious Life and Multicultural and Identity programs. In this role, Denicia provides leadership, strategic direction, and oversight for integrating multicultural identity programs and spiritual life initiatives. Her work is dedicated to fostering a more inclusive and equitable campus environment, promoting students’ growth, diverse community engagement, and a culture of belonging and well-being for both undergraduate and graduate students.
With a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and her deep understanding of the complexities of cultural identity and spiritual life, Denicia brings a wealth of experience to this role and is evident in her work with facilitation of challenging conversations and her leadership of campus.
She has a proven track record of creating inclusive spaces that promote spiritual growth, cultural exploration, and social connectedness. Her passion for social justice and her ability to build bridges across diverse communities and her ability to navigate complex situations with empathy and resilience has been invaluable in fostering a sense of belonging and well-being among students.
Previously, Denicia was the Director of Religious & Spiritual Life at Babson College, where she supported a diverse range religious and spiritual communities on campus, oversaw a team of Chaplains, and spearheaded initiatives to promote interfaith dialogue, religious understanding and cross-cultural exchange.
Denicia holds a BA in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in African American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, two master’s degrees from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary; MA World Missions, Cross Cultural Counseling and MA Theology, Ethics. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to jazz, attending plays at local theaters and helping women find the voices apart from patriarchal influence as well as build confidence in themselves by deconstructing beauty standards and apprehensions around makeup and natural hair.
jfinn@babson.edu
781-239-5969
Glavin Family Chapel
Prior to entering the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry for a Master of Divinity degree, Joe enjoyed a career as a social worker in schools, with Catholic Charities, and in Fortune 500 companies as an Employee Assistance Professional. Joe has developed an appreciation for the unique gifts God gives individuals that, when shared in community, help make our world a better place. He has earlier degrees from Loyola University in Maryland (BA, English) and Tulane University in New Orleans (Master of Social Work).
Identifying and developing strengths as a path toward self-discovery and sense of purpose is a hope Joe holds for each student at Babson. As Catholic Chaplain, he brings the Ignatian concept of cura personalis—holistic formation of the entire person: physical, mental, and spiritual—together with opportunities for prayer and sacraments, service and retreat activities, spiritual accompaniment, and community building in helping students realize more fully the happiness that comes through loving relationship with God in the formation of one’s authentic self.
dhamilton@babson.edu
781-239-5969
Glavin Family Chapel
Darrell is an ordained Baptist minister. Darrell’s ministry is centered on advancing diversity, inclusion, and advocacy for the vulnerable and marginalized as aspects of the Christian tradition to inspire our world toward greater justice and love for all people. Darrell is a graduate from Wake Forest School of Divinity where he received his Masters in Divinity in 2017. Darrell also has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Central Oklahoma.
Darrell’s preaching, teaching, leadership, and community engagement is inspired by the principles and scholarship of James Cone, James Baldwin, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Jeremiah Wright, Jr., and the examples of Martin Luther King, Jr., William Barber, II, Otis Moss, III, and others. Darrell is the former Executive Minister for Operations and Resource Development at Middle Collegiate Church in New York. Prior he was the Pastor for Formation and Outreach at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Program Director for City Mission Boston's Urban Pastoral Ministry Program, and held leadership positions with the Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Darrell’s vision for ministry is to lead an intentional welcoming, affirming, and progressive Christian community, as he conspires to advance the economic, spiritual, and systemic liberation for all marginalized people.
cmarantz@babson.edu
781-239-5969
Glavin Family Chapel
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Craig is so happy to join you in all the fun at Babson College and its Office for Religious and Spiritual Life. To serve a creative community of emerging adults and young entrepreneurs is truly a blessing—as is working alongside a very fine and attentive chaplain team.
A native of Los Angeles, Craig is married to Betsy, and they have two children, Cara and Jared, both in college, plus a fun pup named Zeus—who really wishes he was in college.
Craig counts it as one as his greatest joys to impact life as a rabbi—to serve God and people; to live, teach, and learn Torah; to grapple with faith; to bring healing to the world, to be a force for good. Craig is a kind, caring and flexible leader with 21st-century vision and a hearing, empathic heart. Over the years, he has implemented innovative approaches to participation, helping Jewish folks—together with their families, friends, and allies—in all sorts of varied pursuits: sacred community, prayer and ritual practice, lifelong learning, youth, teen & emerging adult engagement, social justice, shared leadership, and most recently, spiritual entrepreneurship.
Ordained in 1999 from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, Craig also has a Master’s degree in Education from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree in History from UCLA.
Craig has served as a congregational rabbi, educator, and summer camp professional for over two decades. And, currently, in addition to his service at Babson, Craig is also the rabbi at Sha’arei Shalom in Ashland, MA and a Junior Varsity baseball coach at Brookline HS.
msharrieff@babson.edu
781-239-5969
Glavin Family Chapel
Ustadha Maryam Sharrieff is a researcher, linguist, filmmaker, and educator. Her multifaceted/multimedia/international work broadly examines the development of Islam in America, with a special focus on African-American and Latino Muslim experiences, female scholarship and leadership in Islam, the linguistic implications of gender and sexuality in religious text, the representation of faith in and on film, and America’s founding father’s interactions with the Muslim world.
Maryam has presented at the American Academy of Religion, World Parliament of Religion’s conference, Shaykafest, many universities and the University of Derby’s Muslim Women’s Activism Conference. Maryam teaches for Rabata.org, and was a 2012 Muslim fellow for the CIRCLE (Center for Inter-Religious and Communal Leadership Education) program hosted by Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School.
She received her BA in Middle Eastern Studies, Italian, and TV & Film from Rutgers University and her MA in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Ustadha Maryam is currently pursuing doctoral studies and serves as a university Muslim chaplain.
Meet us wherever you are in your graduate religious and spiritual life for connection and reflection in a variety of ways.
Celebrate your identity and find support for the challenges you may face. Faith groups at Babson provide a community for spiritual connection, as well as programs that engage the community and encourage interfaith dialogue. Current faith groups include:
Looking for something more? You can also create a new faith group with the support of the Director of Religious and Spiritual Life.
Babson offers a range of vibrant and inclusive multifaith programs to enrich graduate religious and spiritual life, including Catholic Mass and Breaking Bread nights, Jewish Ethics and Shabbat Services and Dinners, Jumu’ah Prayers and Pizza Nights with the Muslim Chaplain, and Interfaith Meditations and Peace Circles.
Multi-Faith Programs
Looking to connect with the wider community? Want to build family friends within your faith tradition? There are a range of Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Catholic, and Chrisitan communities and services available throughout the Greater Boston area.
The Office of Belonging and InclusionWondering about the community and resources available for your faith tradition? Not seeing your faith represented? Please reach out to us for support.
Glavin Chapel, Room 101
781-239-5969
dratley@babson.edu
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