Undergrads

Wednesdays at 6:15pm. Take a mid-week break from studies to enjoy fun activities, a student speaker, music with our live student band, and a delicious (and free) student-cooked dinner. Come meet new friends, learn more about our faith, and enjoy a great meal together!

Small Faith Groups (SFGs) are weekly gatherings in which students share thoughts on the upcoming Sunday Gospel. These groups are a great way to build friendships while learning more about our faith.
18:20 Groups (based on Matthew 18:20 – “where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them”) are even smaller groups that focus on a spiritual topic of the group’s choice.

Newman partners with several local service agencies, including Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities’ Durham Community Food Pantry, and Orange County Justice United. To learn more about these and other service opportunities, please contact Megan Green at [email protected].
 
Additionally, there are plenty of in-house service opportunities, including liturgical (sacristans, greeters, lectors, Eucharistic ministers); musical (cantors/singers, musicians of any kind); Carolina Catholic Night (cooking, meal prep, clean-up); teaching catechesis to the children of the parish; and various parish committees and task forces. Register with us and share your interests, and we will help you get connected.

Newman offers an Awakening Retreat each Fall, which aims to awaken the gift of God implanted within each one of us since our Baptism. Other retreats and days of prayer are scheduled throughout the year.

UNC students have the fulfilling opportunity to teach the Catholic faith to the children of Newman’s parish families who are in Pre-K through grade 12. To learn more, contact Amy Randall at [email protected].

Newman offers multiple opportunities to continue developing in your faith. We host a variety of single presentations and series throughout the year, both in-person and via video, offered for students only or in combination with other parishioners. Please check out Newman’s Continuing Faith Formation webpage for further resources.

In conjunction with neighboring St. Thomas More Parish, Newman sponsors a Spiritual Direction Ministry; for more information, please check out our Spiritual Direction page.

If you’re not a Catholic but are interested in becoming Catholic, Newman’s OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation for Adults) is for you; please contact Kathy Cole [email protected] or text Shannon Williams 919.368.4063 for more information.
 
If you’re a baptized Catholic but have not completed the other Sacraments of Initiation (First Communion and/or Confirmation), please contact Amy Randall at [email protected] for more information.