Katherine Parr Society,
Princeton University
Anglican Campus Ministry
The Anglican Campus Ministry began in the 2026-27 academic year, in response to graduate and undergraduate student requests for Morning and Evening Prayer according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, and to have opportunities to explore the Christian faith in the Anglican tradition.
A rhythm of prayer
Morning Prayer Services are held term-time Wednesday mornings in the University Chapel, from 8:20am to 8:40am (finishing sharply on time). Come and learn this rhythm of prayer that has stood the test of time, and enriched the prayer life of George Washington, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot and millions of others.
This website, along with the Anglican Campus Ministry as a whole, are in their nascent stages!
Please do be in touch with your interest. You may contact the Revd. Clifford Swartz, Chaplain of the Katherine Parr Society. He is an Anglican clergyman (ordained in the Church of England) with 25 years of parish and student ministry experience, and enjoys conversations with students, faculty and staff from varied backgrounds. He encourages people at whatever stage of life and faith they might be to consider the Christian faith. The Anglican tradition offers an historically rooted and liturgical means of doing just that.
The Katherine Parr Society is named for a woman most famous for being the sixth wife of Henry VIII, but should also be recognized as an individual who exercised her vibrant faith in the midst of great challenge. She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book in print under her own name (Prayers or Meditations), and whose Lamentation of a Sinner is still read today for its poignant insights and application of theology to life. She also acted as a unifier of a disrupted family, bringing together her stepchildren with care and arguably shaping the direction of history through her kindness and loving witness. She experienced tragic consequences from her own choices and the choices made by others, yet throughout it all maintained a vibrant faith in Christ. Her prayer book can be viewed today filled with her own notes and comments.
