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Visiting Information

Memorial Church Open Visiting Hours:

Monday - Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM
Friday, 9 AM - 1 PM*
*Impacted schedule on Fridays due to private reservation. If there are no reservations, then the church will be open for visiting until 5 PM. Tours on Fridays at 11 AM.

Memorial Church is closed for University holidays, University closures, services, and private events. 

Windhover

Open 7 days, 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

About Memorial Church and Companion Spaces
Banner image featuring Windhover contemplative center courtyard in JPG format. Credit: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service

Windhover Contemplative Center

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We are delighted to open our doors once again and welcome you in for a time of reflection and contemplation. 

 

Windhover Contemplative Center, which has been closed for repairs due to extensive storm damage, will officially reopen during a ceremony at noon Wednesday, March 19. The ceremony will include readings, a singing bowl, and brief time for meditation.

 

The Windhover

I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, – the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!

– Excerpt from The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins


Windhover Location

370 Santa Teresa St., Stanford, CA 94305

About Windhover

Windhover is a spiritual refuge on the Stanford University campus meant to both inspire and promote personal renewal. 

Banner image featuring Labyrinth at Windhover contemplative center.

Labyrinth

Adjacent to the Windhover building, located at 370 Santa Teresa Street, you can find an outdoor labyrinth for public use.