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What to do when you have to miss Mass??
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The DCC Weekly 💙
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Following Duke University's Severe Weather policy, Masses scheduled for this Sunday have been cancelled.
The Church’s faith is built upon faith and reason. It is up to us to determine, honestly and within reason, which complex situations may prevent us from attending Mass. The Church never asks anything unreasonable of us, therefore one should never seriously risk one’s life to make it to Mass. If travel is unsafe, the Sunday Mass obligation is not in force. Please use good judgment, stay safe, and keep one another in prayer.
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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 available. Students may learn more and RSVP here →
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“Contemporary Issues in the Light of the Franciscan Tradition” with Friar Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv.
Monday, February 16th | 7 to 8:30 PM | UNC Student Activity Center
Newman Catholic Community | 214 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill (ample parking available behind the Newman Church and Activity Center, overflow parking directly behind in the Nash lot).
FRIAR WAYNE HELLMANN, OFM Conv.
has published widely in the fields of Franciscan theology and spirituality, perhaps best known for being one of the general editors of the four-volume Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, the standard critical edition in English for the writings of Francis and early medieval documents concerning him.
For more information, contact Therese Taxis at ttaxis@uncnewman.org or visit uncnewman.org/whittington-lecture
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Above: Pope Leo XIV holds a baby as he greets people in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the conclusion of his weekly general audience at the Vatican Aug. 20, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope encourages dialogue, advocacy on behalf of unborn children
January 23, 2026
Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Advocating for unborn children is fulfilling the Lord's command to serve him in the most vulnerable, Pope Leo XIV told those taking part in the March for Life.
"I would encourage you, especially the young people, to continue striving to ensure that life is respected in all of its stages through appropriate efforts at every level of society, including dialogue with civil and political leaders," he said in a written message released by the Vatican Jan. 22.
"May Jesus, who promised to be with us always, accompany you today as you courageously and peacefully march on behalf of unborn children," he wrote. "By advocating for them, please know that you are fulfilling the Lord’s command to serve him in the least of our brothers and sisters."
The March for Life is held every year in January in Washington, D.C., to march on Capitol Hill to remember the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. While the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022, abortion policy is now determined at the state and federal levels.
Addressing his message to all people taking part in the Jan. 23 March for Life, Pope Leo sent his "warm greetings" and expressed his "heartfelt appreciation."
He assured them "of my spiritual closeness as you gather for this eloquent public witness to affirm that 'the protection of the right to life constitutes the indispensable foundation of every other human right,'" quoting from his Jan. 9 address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.
"Indeed, 'a society is healthy and truly progresses only when it safeguards the sanctity of human life and works actively to promote it,'" he wrote.
"With these sentiments, I entrust all of you, as well as those who support you with their prayers and sacrifices, to the intercession of Mary Immaculate, patroness of the United States of America, and I gladly impart my apostolic blessing as a pledge of abundant heavenly graces," his message concluded.
Full text of Pope Leo's March for Life message (PDF)
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Will you join us in supporting Catholic life at Duke?
The Duke Catholic Center is more than a campus ministry. It’s a home away from home where students grow in their faith, discover the love of Christ, and are inspired to become leaders who bring the Gospel wherever life takes them.
catholic.duke.edu/give
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