Being a devout Catholic at a secular college can be challenging. Some call it a blessing.
June 1, 2025
A group of young Catholics attend Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel. The members of the Catholic campus ministry worship at a side altar reserved for these Masses. They see it as a sacred refuge amid a largely secular environment at the Ivy League school in New Jersey. News that the global Catholic Church would get its first U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholic students at Princeton and other U.S. universities. Some say they’re hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will help bring a revival for Catholicism in America.
