Spiritual Care and Guidance
Providing university students a safe and nurturing space to talk through their experiences and receive insight from scholars on issues that concern them that has the potential to impact the course of their lives entirely.
“IOK chaplaincy has been a tremendous blessing for me and my fellow peers.”
— Maaz, UCI Graduate
Spiritual Care and Guidance for our Future Leaders
Providing university students a safe and nurturing space to talk through their experiences and receive insight from scholars on issues that concern them has the potential to impact the course of their lives entirely.
“IOK chaplaincy has been a tremendous blessing for me and my fellow peers.”
— Maaz, UCI Graduate
MISSION
To provide spiritual care, guidance, and education, based on traditional sources of understanding and living Islam, to Muslim students on university campuses.
VISION
To see a region where Muslim chaplains are serving all of the major educational institutions and working to develop and support generations of Muslim young professionals who are well-established in their faith and capable of giving back to their communities and society intellectually, spiritually, and professionally.
SERVING
9
CAMPUSES
700+
individual appointments annually
9
CHAPLAINS
6
hours a week of office hours
1
study circle per week
GOALS
& OBJECTIVES
Spiritual Care & Guidance
To provide regular opportunities for spiritual care and guidance to college students through weekly in person office hours and consultation through phone calls and email.
Religious Education
To provide regular religious education to college students based on traditional sources while relevant to their realities through on campus classes and study circles.
NETWORKING
To build relationships with students which reach beyond the boundaries of their campuses and connect them to the larger Muslim community.
MENTORSHIP
To mentor and support students in their academic, professional, ethical, and spiritual development.
ADVISING
To advise student organizations in their decisions and programming while not interfering with their autonomy and self-determi nation.
2017 – 2018
CHAPLAINCY
IMPACT REPORT
CODE OF ETHICS
All of our Chaplains are trained and expected to honor the highest code of moral ethics as teachers and spiritual guides.
CODE OF ETHICS
All of our Chaplains are trained and expected to honor the highest code of moral ethics as teachers and spiritual guides.