Students work with the Jewish chaplain to plan weekly Shabbat services and to organize both on and off-campus Jewish high holy day services. The Jewish chaplain holds dinner meetings with the Jewish Student Union and helps organize Jewish Cultural Weekend. Dinner meetings are held for the Interfaith Council to discuss issues of mutual interest, such as spirituality versus religion, charity and service, suffering, and views on death. Weekly gatherings are held for Muslim and Hindu students for reflection, discussion and event planning around holy days. The chaplaincy works with the Community Service program to organize anti-hunger efforts and to provide outreach to area soup kitchens.
Chaplains offer spiritual counseling on an individual basis.
The Brace Center for Gender Studies Opened in 1996, the Brace Center for Gender Studies provides resources to enhance and strengthen Phillips Academy as a coeducational institution by examining the complex issues related to gender through a multidisciplinary lens. As part of a secondary school, the center aims to address issues of adolescent growth and development and to highlight the distinctive forms of support boys and girls require in order to realize their full potential. The center supports a number of projects and programs that enhance the living and learning environments for boys and girls and for men and women in all facets of academy life. Students are invited to submit proposals for fellowships to support independent summer research projects in the multidisciplinary field of gender studies. Students present their projects to the community.