Comillas Espiritualidad
For those who want more
At Comillas Spirituality, within the Comillas Community Service, we want to offer a space to go further, to deepen in faith and spirituality from the university Being.
In Comillas Celebrations you will find information on Eucharistic celebrations, weekly prayers, sacraments and spiritual accompaniment.
In Faith in Community MAG+S you can find information about youth groups, PAS and PDI groups, meditation spaces, retreats and pilgrimages.
At Comillas Spirituality, within the Comillas Community Service, we want to offer a space to go further, to deepen in faith and spirituality from the university Being.
In Comillas Celebrations you will find information on Eucharistic celebrations, weekly prayers, sacraments and spiritual accompaniment.
In Faith in Community MAG+S you can find information about youth groups, PAS and PDI groups, meditation spaces, retreats and pilgrimages.
Don't miss it!
At Comillas Spirituality we are always looking to offer new proposals for you to participate in.
Advent Eucharist and blessing of the Nativity Scenes
Advent is beginning and from Comillas Spirituality we invite you to live this period in the best way. Participate in the Eucharist at the beginning of Advent and the blessing of the Nativity Scenes at the end of the Eucharist.
Alberto Aguilera 23
📅 Wednesday
🕖 12:40 h
📍Church of La Inmaculada and San Pedro Claver
Presiding: Antonio Allende SJ. Rector.
The blessing of the Bethlehem of ICAI will be on the same day at 12:10h.
👉 Cantoblanco
📅 Wednesday
🕖 12:40 h
📍 Chapel
Presiding: Ángel Cordovilla. Dean of the Faculty of Theology.
Youth Group
Do you want to go further?
At Comillas we are starting this academic year with MAG+S Groups, a proposal for young people seeking to grow in faith, share in community and commit themselves to the world.
👉 Alberto Aguilera
📅 Wednesday
🕖 12:40 h
📍 Campus Life AA23 (First floor East wing. Next to the stairs leading down to the cafeteria)
👉 Cantoblanco
📅 Wednesday
🕖 12:40 h
📍 Chapel
Come with your questions, your desire to share... and, above all, with the desire to discover the MAGIS: that "more" of life, faith and surrender that we carry within us.
💡 No previous experience is necessary, just the desire to search and share.
Youth Group
✨ Do you want to be part of a community of international students looking for something more? Come and join our Youth Group - a space to pray, share our thoughts, and walk together on our journeys.
👉 Alberto Aguilera
📅Mondays
🕖 19:00 h
📍 Campus Life AA23 (Next to the stairs leeding to the cafeteria)
Visit the Cantoblanco nativity scene
The blessing of the Bethlehem will be on December 3rd after the Advent Eucharist (The Eucharist is at 12:40h) and from that moment you can visit the Cantoblanco Bethlehem. A historical Bethlehem that recreates 3 scenes, Jerusalem, the desert and Bethlehem. It is located at the entrance of building B. Don't miss the opportunity.
Getting to know Saint Francis Xavier
In October 1525, 500 years ago, Saint Francis Xavier entered the University of Paris. To commemorate this important date for the Society of Jesus, we invite you to learn more about his life.
St. Francis Xavier was among many things a missionary and a traveller. He spent a large part of his life travelling back and forth, especially the last years of his life were spent on a boat. This boat will inspire the ICAI Nativity Scene for the year 2025, which you can visit from 3 December.
If you would like to attend the blessing of the Nativity Scene, it will be on 3 December at 12:10h.
Comillas Celebrations
We share Eucharistic celebrations, sacraments and spaces for prayer, based on the Jesuit tradition and Ignatian spirituality.
News
A pilgrimage that united students in a journey full of reflection and discovery
The Rector opened the conference by recalling Pope Francis and thanking him for "his rich legacy"
The liturgical celebrations marked the beginning of a time of reflection and conversion on the different campuses of the university
Faith_ in MAG+S Community
We promote activities to live, share and grow in faith and spirituality, within the framework of MAGI+S, UNIJES and the Apostolic Platform of Madrid.
Upcoming events.
Wedding and Funeral Celebrations
On the use of Church and places of worship for religious ceremonies
Guidelines for the use of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and St. Peter Claver and other places of worship of the University for the Celebration of Weddings.
The sacraments are ordered to the sanctification of men, to the edification of the Body of Christ and, ultimately, to the worship of God; but, as signs, they also have a pedagogical purpose. They not only presuppose faith, but at the same time nourish it, strengthen it and express it by means of words and things; for this reason they are called sacraments of "faith". They certainly confer grace, but their celebration also perfectly prepares the faithful to receive the same grace fruitfully, to worship God and to practise charity.
(Sacrosantum Concilium, Second Vatican Council)
The University offers its students, alumni and, in general, all members of the University community, the possibility of celebrating the sacrament of marriage in the Church of the Inmaculada and San Pedro Claver, located at C/ Santa Cruz de Marcenado, 22-24 or in other places of worship of the University, such as the chapels located in the Faculty of Law (ICADE), the Higher Technical School of Engineering, ICAI, and the Cantoblanco campus.
The use of the Church and other places of worship of the University is subject to certain rules to ensure the proper functioning, care of the celebration and conservation of the temples. Thus, on 27 June 2022, the Vice-Rectorate for Institutional Relations and General Secretary's Office issued a Protocol for the temporary use of Comillas Pontifical University spaces by external personnel, with the aim of organising the cession of its facilities (classrooms, rooms, collaborative spaces, places of worship), in exchange for a total or partial economic consideration, and also in the event that the rental of spaces is exempt from consideration, to individuals or public and private entities.
The guidelines for the cession of the University's places of worship in the aforementioned Protocol are limited to activities or events of a non-religious nature, and it is therefore appropriate to approve these guidelines as a complement to the Protocol for organising the use of the Church of the Inmaculada and San Pedro Claver and other places of worship of the Comillas Pontifical University for weddings:
Applications for the use of the Church or other places of worship for the exclusively religious purposes set out in these Guidelines can be made using the application form for the celebration of weddings.
Without prejudice to the necessary completion of the application form, interested parties may contact the sacristy via the following email address sacristia@comillas.edu, or telephone: +34 91 542 2800 - Ext. 54718 in case there are any doubts or questions that need to be answered, apart from the indications set out below.
The time set for the start and duration of the ceremony must be scrupulously respected. Failure to keep to this timetable may mean that the ceremony may have to be shortened, especially when there is a later celebration or when the University is close to closing time.
The bride and groom must bring the minister of the Church (priest or deacon) who will preside at the celebration. The name of the ordained minister must be communicated to the sacristy beforehand. The celebration or concelebration of the ceremony by a priest not belonging to the cloister of the University or to the Society of Jesus will be communicated at the time the request is made. The priest or priests who are to celebrate the ceremony, whether they belong to the University or to the Society of Jesus or not, must come sufficiently in advance of the beginning of the corresponding ceremony in order to receive the appropriate instructions and, if necessary, to know the location.
The bride and groom may bring a photographer or photographers of their choice, but in a suitable number so as not to interfere with or disrupt the ceremony and to be properly dressed, bearing in mind that they are in a sacred place.
Musicians or choir may also be brought and, depending on the number of members, will be placed in the chancel or choir loft of the church. The use of the organ has specific restrictions which should be consulted in the sacristy. The music and choirs to be performed must be appropriate to the religious character of the ceremony.
Both photographers and musicians, or at least one of their leaders, must be present in the sacristy sufficiently in advance of the start of the corresponding ceremony to be familiar with the location and receive any necessary instructions.
Floral decorations will normally be installed in the Presbytery and will be appropriate to the nature of the ceremony, and the sacristy can be consulted about their characteristics and suitable installation.
It is important to maintain the cleanliness of the space, avoiding placing items or products on the floor that could cause stains or deterioration or prevent another celebration from taking place immediately afterwards. The church is received clean and this cleanliness must be maintained.
It is important to remember that neither the Church nor the other places of worship of the University have appropriate rooms or facilities for dressing for the ceremony or for other needs such as make-up or hair styling, except for the sacristy for the strict use of the priest or priests celebrating.
The University and its places of worship are adapted for the accessibility of people with disabilities, which can be consulted through the sacristy at the following e-mail address: sacristia@comillas.edu.
No later than one month before the wedding, the bride and groom must present to the parish of San Marcos (C/ San Leonardo, 10, 28015 Madrid), the marriage authorisation issued by the Vicariate, enclosing the names and surnames of the two necessary witnesses, who may be the godparents or other persons.
If you wish to make a donation to collaborate with the maintenance of the place of worship, please consult the procedure through the sacristy at the following e-mail address: sacristia@comillas.edu, and the University will provide you with the corresponding donation certificate.
