David Kim, a Catholic altar server, stands for a portrait before a Mass at the Princeton University chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Friday, May 16, 2025.

Catholic College Students David Kim, a Catholic altar server, stands for a portrait before a Mass at the Princeton University chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis ...

The Rev. Zachary Swantek, Princeton University’s Catholic chaplain and director of the Aquinas Institute - the university’s Catholic campus ministry - raises the host during the Eucharist at a side ...

David Kim, a Catholic altar server, stands for a portrait before a Mass at the Princeton University chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Friday, May 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Luis Andres Henao By The ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) —While other students might be in class or socializing at lunch, a group of young Catholics attends Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel.

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — While other students might be in class or socializing at lunch, a group of young Catholics attends 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.

Being a devoted Catholic on a mostly secular campus can be challenging; Swantek says he’s never felt “more needed as a priest.” He is proud of the tight-knit, welcoming Catholic community ...

Being a devout Catholic at a secular college can be challenging. Some call it a blessing. Faith. Jun 2, 2025. ... after a Mass at the school’s chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

David Kim, a Catholic altar server, and his girlfriend, Savannah Nichols, walk on the Princeton University campus after attending a Mass at the school’s chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Friday, May ...

Being a devoted Catholic on a mostly secular campus can be challenging; Swantek says he’s never felt “more needed as a priest.” He is proud of the tight-knit, welcoming Catholic community ...