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Without a community, it's hard to live your faith. We are created to live in communion with God and others. So, when you have friends, mentors, and resources, you can not only survive your time at Duke, you can thrive.

Lent 2025

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It is a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter.

Download the DCC App (Apple Store/Google Play Store) for a complete "Pocket Companion" for your Lenten journey. The digital Lent Pocket Companion includes a Spotify playlist; Confession, Rosary, and Stations of the Cross how-to-guides; prayers; Scripture reflections; and much more!

Discover all our Lent resources & events!

Sign up for our Email Listserv

Our Sunday email—the DCC Weekly—is the primary way in which you can find out about events, programs, and other opportunities within the Catholic community at Duke. If you do not currently receive the DCC Weekly on Sunday mornings via our email listserv, click below.

Click here to sign up

Join a Small Group Bible Study

Small groups are a great way to grow deeper in your relationship with God and with others who share your Catholic faith!

Sometimes it’s really hard to know how to live out your faith through college on an everyday basis. During small group Bible study we explore, support, and challenge each other to grow as disciples to be the best version of ourselves.

Join here

Serve with us

This call to encounter God in service of others is central to our life of discipleship, so our service programming is open to ALL students.

Find out more on how to serve, here.

Come to a Retreat

Are you spiritually searching and not sure of God’s role in your life but want to know more? Do you feel you are at a solid place in your faith/prayer life and are just looking to dig a little deeper? You are given the time and space to step away from hectic campus life and take time to look inwardly and think about your own spiritual journey on our retreats.

Learn about upcoming retreats!

I love being surrounded by people who are dedicated Catholics because I know that they’ll understand my faith-related experiences and because they motivate me to become closer to God, even just through their enthusiasm for their faith and for the group.

Ella Gunady '23