Facilities
Building Hours
Academic Year
Sunday: Closed
Monday – Thursday: 7:30am – 10:00pm
Friday: 7:30am – 7:00pm
Saturday: Closed
To view the building hours during academic breaks, University observed holidays, and any other exceptions, click the button above.
Room Reservations
About Geddes Hall
Geddes Hall opened in July 2009 as the first completed structure at the University designed for compliance with official LEED “green building” certification standards. Built with generous gifts from Michael and Sheila Geddes, Thomas and Mary Cabot, and many other benefactors, Geddes Hall reflects the Institute for Social Concerns’ guiding principle that a just world is a beautiful world. Many elements from the Arts and Crafts movement and Mission style are used throughout the building to convey simplicity, warmth, and welcome to students, faculty, staff, and members of the local community. Geddes Hall is home to the Institute for Social Concerns, McGrath Institute for Church Life, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, and Jacques Maritain Center.
The Scripture passage “God is Love” (1 Jn. 4.16) inscribed over the main entryway of Geddes Hall provides a vision that binds all the programming of Geddes Hall together: the ministry of the Word, the ministry of the sacraments, and the ministry of service. Proclaiming the Word, the Church proclaims the love of God. Celebrating the sacraments, the Church is formed in the love of God. Serving the poor and others in need, the Church lives out the love of God.
The Institute for Social Concerns is housed on the first and second floors. On the first floor, students regularly congregate in Father Bob’s Coffee House, named in memory of Monsignor Robert J. Kane ’50, which features a permanent exhibition of art from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. There coffee is provided free of charge to students, and the hospitality team often serves cookies freshly baked in the Coffee House kitchen.
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel features a stained glass window behind the altar showing an image of Our Lady’s welcoming of all people with understanding, compassion, and sympathy. Additional windows in the chapel illustrate the seven corporeal works of mercy. The chapel provides space for quite reflection, contemplation, and prayer.
The McNeill Gallery, named after the founding executive director, Fr. Don McNeill, C.S.C., ’58, features temporary art exhibitions curated by students in the Art & Social Change course. Additionally, in January 2025, the institute unveiled the Dignity of Work mural in the first-floor stairwell, which showcases the University’s Building Services staff.
On the second floor, the Lies Social Concerns Library, named after the institute’s second executive director, Fr. Bill Lies, C.S.C., ’95 M.Div., features a thoughtfully curated collection of books, journals, and magazines for faculty, staff, and students.
Parking
Most B parking lots (the lots closest to Geddes Hall) open after 4:00pm. More information about Visitor & Guest Parking can be found at this link.