Although founded by Freewill Baptists, today, Bates has no formal religious affiliation. The Multifaith Chaplaincy works to foster a climate of genuine religious pluralism on campus and nurtures the religious, spiritual, secular, and searching community at Bates. Members of many faith traditions regularly meet, cooperate, and learn from one another. Opportunities for meditation, prayer, worship, and spiritual reflection for people of all faiths (and no faith) are held in the Chapel and across campus each week. A focus of campus spiritual and civic life, the Peter J. Gomes Chapel, built in 1913, was dedicated in 2012 in memory of Reverend Gomes, a member of the Class of 1965, a preacher, professor, and esteemed public intellectual. The College maintains a Muslim prayer room, a Hindu shrine, and a Buddhist meditation room, located in Chase Hall. Services offered by the synagogue, churches, and mosque of Lewiston and Auburn are open to Bates students and employees. Several student-led religious organizations are active at the College: Jewish Student Union, Bates Christian Fellowship, Catholic Student Community, Muslim Student Association, Dharma Society, Yoga Kula, and Unitarian Universalists. The Multifaith Chaplaincy also collaborates with many students who have no religious affiliation but desire a place for conversation, reflection, social justice work, spiritual practices, or spirituality. The multifaith chaplains are available to all members of the Bates community — regardless of religious affiliation — for confidential conversation and support. Additionally, the Multifaith Chaplaincy engages spiritual advisors from Lewiston and Auburn who provide counsel and religious services to those who seek them within their respective traditions.