Tuesday compline

You are invited to compline every Tuesday at 9:15 pm in the chapel of the Falcone-Arena House.

Compline is a 20-minute service of night prayer, with psalms, scripture readings, and a special hymn to the Virgin Mary. Come sing with us or join in silent meditation.

Fall events

Welcome (back) to Duke!
You are invited to join in Vespers (sung Evening Prayer) each Sunday at 7. For the next two weeks, it will be preceded by a mini-workshop on the basics of Gregorian chant.

Where: Falcone-Arena House (Newman Catholic Student Center), just off East Campus at Buchanan & W. Trinity (map)

When: Sunday, September 2 and Sunday, September 9

6:30 pm: Brief introduction to Gregorian chant for newcomers
7:00 pm: Vespers
7:30 pm: Free dinner for all

Also mark your calendars for Thursday evening Mass on September 6th: 6 pm at the Newman house. If you are interested in singing with the choir, please contact Quyen Tran (quyen.tran@duke.edu).

Festive Mass for the Easter season

You are invited to Mass at 6 pm on Saturday, April 21st at the Falcone-Arena House (Newman Catholic Student Center), just off East Campus at Buchanan & W. Trinity (map)

We will be celebrating the Easter season with especially festive music: Renaissance motets by Josquin des Prez (his famous Ave Maria) and Orlando di Lasso, hymns harmonized by Bach, and simple Gregorian chants for the whole congregation to sing.

We hope to see you there.

And with your spirit

Reverent and literal translation of the Mass — to be introduced in English-speaking communities from Advent 2007

Download as PDF (scroll down for the four Eucharistic Prayers)

Comments welcome.

Via Crucis

Meditations on the fourteen Stations of the Cross (click on the small pictures)

For listening: Tomás Luis de Victoria, O vos omnes

We hope to see many of you at Tenebrae this week.

Tenebrae for Holy Week: April 5, 6, 7

Join us as we watch and pray during this most holy time of the year.

Tenebrae (Latin for "darkness") is a beautiful and ancient liturgy recalling the betrayal, suffering, and death of Christ during Holy Week. As we sing the Psalms, the Lamentations of Jeremiah, and other prayers, candles are gradually extinguished, symbolizing the darkness of the world when deprived of the light of Christ.

All are welcome to chant with us - music will be provided - or to join us in silence for as long as you wish.

When: midnight to 2 am, April 5, 6, and 7
(the early morning hours of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)

Where: Falcone-Arena House (Newman Catholic Student Center), just off East Campus at Buchanan & W. Trinity (map)

Questions? Email quyen.tran@duke.edu or kmccarth@duke.edu.

Intro to Gregorian chant (Sunday, March 25)

From the Duke Music Dept.:

Quyen Tran and Kerry McCarthy invite you to join in Vespers (sung Evening Prayer) and a mini-workshop on the basics of Gregorian chant.

Where: Falcone-Arena House (Newman Catholic Student Center), just off East Campus at Buchanan & W. Trinity (map)

When: Sunday, March 25

6:30 pm: Brief introduction to Gregorian chant
7:00 pm: Vespers
7:30 pm: Free dinner for all

Vespers are sung in the house every Sunday at 7:00 during the school year. Visitors are always welcome - no previous musical experience required.

Pope Benedict on the Eucharist

Sacramentum Caritatis (link)

How do you see Catholic life at Duke growing and evolving in light of this new document?

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