A Catholic Revival at Southern Colleges

Religious institutions rethink their traditions to attract a new cohort of students

On a warm Sunday evening in September, more than 100 students attend Mass inside a small chapel here at Wake Forest University. The crowd is large enough that some students must stand as the Rev. Jude DeAngelo, a short, stocky Franciscan priest, gives his homily.

Father Jude, as he likes to be called, is a busy man. He oversees six Masses a week, in addition to a host of social and religious

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