Students Grow Intellectually, Ethically, and Spiritually with the Chapel
Students in the Eruditio et Religio living-learning community meet with Francesca Morfesis (far left), the leader of Duke’s Buddhist Meditation Community, and the Rev. Kathryn Lester-Bacon (second from left), the Chapel’s director of Religious Life. Students in Eruditio et Religio live together in an on-campus residence hall and participate in interfaith discussions and service projects.
Students in the Chapel Scholars program gather together for a group-selfie at a fellowship dinner. Chapel Scholars participate in retreats, mission trips, worship services, and small-groups, all with a goal of nurturing their intellectual, ethical, and spiritual lives. Photo by Jessica Marlow, T ’20.
This year’s Student Preacher was Liddy Grantland, T ’20, a senior from Columbia, South Carolina, majoring in English and African and African American Studies. She preached during the Chapel’s Sunday morning worship service on February 23. Her sermon, based on the Gospel of Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration, focused on people coming down from mountain-top experiences to find equality before God with other people.
Caroline Gamard, T ’22 (left), and Chapel minister Rev. Joshua Lazard participate in a Framing Your Faith conversation. This small-group discussion is a chance for students to deepen their own Christian faiths while exploring ways that their faith intersects with their education. Photo by Karissa Tu, T ’20.
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