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Note: Our liturgy schedule changes during Duke University's Spring Break (March 7-15)!

  • Sunday, March 8: NO 9am Mass
  • Monday, March 9-Friday, March 13: NO Masses, Confession, or Adoration
  • Sunday, March 15: NO 9am Mass

Always check our Google Calendar for our most up-to-date schedule.

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It's time to register for Ablaze! ❤️‍🔥

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Graduate students held their first social of 2026 at the Meadery.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
  • SUNDAY MASS | Goodson Chapel | 9:00 a.m.
  • RECONCILIATION | Goodson Chapel Prayer Room | 10:00 a.m.
  • SUNDAY MASS | Goodson Chapel | 11:00 a.m.
  • Coffee & donuts | following Mass
  • Confirmation Class | 4:30 p.m.
  • RECONCILIATION | Duke Chapel | 7:00 p.m.
  • SUNDAY MASS | Duke Chapel | 8:00 p.m.
Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • DAILY MASS | Falcone-Areana House Chapel | 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday
  • DAILY MASS sponsored by Fons Vitae | York Room, Divinity School | 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday
  • DAILY MASS | Memorial Chapel | 12:00 p.m.
  • Durham Community Food Bank | 5:00-7:00 p.m.
  • ADORATION & RECONCILIATION | Goodson Chapel | 8:00 p.m. 
Thursday
  • DAILY MASS | Memorial Chapel | 12:00 p.m.
  • CONFESSIONS ON THE QUAD | Quad between Kligo & Craven | 4:00 p.m.
  • Graduate Student Small Group | Falcone-Arena House | 5:30 p.m.
  • Choir Rehearsal | FAH Music Room | 7:30 p.m.
Friday
  • DAILY MASS | Memorial Chapel | 12:00 p.m.
Saturday
  • Formation Brunch | Falcone-Arena House | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (RSVP here!)

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Join us on Saturday, January 24, for the first of our Spring Semester Formation Brunches featuring Monica Cronin, Campus Minister, discussing: Who Do You Say That I Am? Jesus in Scripture.

Mass is at 9:00 a.m. at the Falcone-Arena House, followed by brunch and a great talk. Please RSVP so we can properly plan for brunch!

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Take a weekend away from your busy campus life and reconnect with our faith and community at the 2026 Ablaze Retreat. 

Who: All Duke students are invited to participate in this ministry-wide retreat
When: February 6-8, 2026
Where: Camp Agape, Fuquay-Varina, NC
Cost: $55 (covers transportation, accommodations, all meals, retreat materials)

Scholarships are available. Contact Monica Cronin before registering if you are interested in applying.

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Join us for a month-long pilgrimage along the historic Camino de Santiago

Our group will begin walking in St. Jean-Pied-de-Port on May 15 and will conclude the journey in Santiago on June 14.

We are currently awaiting final confirmation from Peregrino, the pilgrimage company coordinating the final seven days of our route. This includes accommodation details, total trip cost, and payment deadlines. Once this information is provided, we will schedule a group meeting to discuss travel logistics for the start of the pilgrimage.

Please note that students will be responsible for arranging most of their own travel, with the exception of the final seven days, which will be organized through the pilgrimage company. Further details will be shared as soon as they become available.

If you are ready to commit, close to committing, or want to join but need more information -- please click the button below to let us know!


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Join us for a week of service, faith, and cultural immersion over Spring Break. We will be serving at Santa Maria del Mexicano House in Colón, Mexico – a home for children and the elderly. 

Destination: Mexico City & Querétaro, Mexico
Dates: March 7-15, 2026
Cost: $1600 per missionary. Partial scholarships are available.


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The Falcone-Arena House (FAH) offers the Duke Catholic Center a unique opportunity to minister to the Duke Catholic community. This space is open to Duke students who want to pray, study, relax, or just hang out with their friends.

To create the right environment of welcome and community, the DCC offers four Duke Catholic students the opportunity to live in an intentional community in the Falcone Arena House, offering a spacious and comfortable housing opportunity to facilitate a healthy sense of Catholic community on the property.

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For Duke Students: Fons Vitae and the Thomistic Institute Chapter at Duke will host a luncheon with Fr. Thomas Joseph at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27. This is a unique opportunity for Duke students to meet Fr. Thomas Joseph and to learn about his story—including his conversion to Catholicism while an undergraduate at Brown University—his scholarship, his life as a Dominican, and tales from his travels with The Hillbilly Thomists. Limited space availableStudents may learn more and RSVP here →

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Respecting All Life

By Maia Torres Calixto

In this month of January, we pray a novena for life from January 16–24, 2026. On day eight, the intention is “May civic leaders work for the protection of all human life, in every stage and circumstance” (USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities). But what does “every stage and circumstance” in human life mean to us as Catholics? This encompasses not just abortion, which impacts the preborn, but also euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the death penalty. The Church promotes the right to life from conception to natural death, and all of the above directly attack this right. Euthanasia is an issue that is extremely prevalent in society. It is a matter between life and death, and this article will look into what euthanasia is and what the Church says about it.

So, what is euthanasia?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.”

This definition has red flags everywhere. The first is the choice of the word “hopelessly.” As Catholics, we are pilgrims of hope. There is never a reason to believe people should be left behind or left to die because of their situation. The second troubling word is “mercy.” St. Pope John Paul II wrote, “‘As well as for reasons of a misguided pity at the sight of the patient's suffering,’ he wrote, ‘euthanasia is sometimes justified by the utilitarian motive of avoiding costs which bring no return and which weigh heavily on society.’ Thus, he continued, ‘it is proposed to eliminate malformed babies, the severely handicapped, the disabled, the elderly, especially when they are not self-sufficient, and the terminally ill'” (Amedeo Lomonaco).

This is not a situation where people are given love and mercy to a life others deem “less than.” Can their lives be unfair? Yes. But that does not mean others get to decide when those lives should end. Euthanasia is disguised under a veil as a humane choice, but on the contrary, it is a deadly one. It extinguishes a life that God created in His image.

In the Catechism, the Church states it clearly, “Those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as possible. Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable” (CCC 2276-2277).

There is no mercy and no charity in euthanasia. Those who are suffering deserve compassionate medical care, accompaniment, and dignity, not a death sentence. Their lives are just as valuable as the lives of those who are healthy.

There is no mercy, no charity in Euthanasia. They deserve the medical care that is needed, not a death sentence. Their lives are just as valuable as those of someone who is healthy.

What is the difference between Assisted Suicide?

Assisted Suicide is usually debated in the context of medical professionals and specifically called physician-assisted suicide, which the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines as “suicide by a patient facilitated by means (such as a drug prescription) or by information (such as an indication of a lethal dosage) provided by a physician aware of the patient's intent”

The Catechism states, “Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him… We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of… Suicide contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate his life. It is gravely contrary to the just love of self… Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law” (CCC 2280-2282). Just like with euthanasia, the Church does not support assisted suicide.

Pope Leo XIV reached out to the Illinois governor, his home state, about not signing an assisted suicide bill, the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which was signed into law on Dec 12, 2025 (New York Post).

There are many ways to support the effort of life, one is offering some other sacrifice, prayer, or act of penance that you feel called to do for day 8 intention: “May civic leaders work for the protection of all human life, in every stage and circumstance” (USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities).


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