Duke Chapel reopened yesterday after a 366-day restoration project. The goal was to make the beautiful yet deteriorating Chapel a safer place to visit. Crews replaced damaged mortar from the limestone on the ceiling. Pews were also refinished and a new air conditioning system was installed. The goal was for everything to look the same […]
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry was installed on Sunday as the first black leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church. Curry previously served as the eleventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and in June of 2000, he was consecrated in Duke Chapel at Duke University. During Curry sermon on Sunday he urged Episcopalians […]
Author, lawyer and professor Randall Robinson spoke at Duke’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration yesterday and said education will drive the country’s continued progress on the civil-rights front. “We will not be able to build a brotherhood until we can come to know and appreciate the full stories and histories of the world’s varied […]
