Name: Saint Matthew Catholic Church
Telephone: (919) 479-1001

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Phone: (919) 479-1001

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4.5

mark tuskey 7 months ago

Beautiful church, facilities and inspiring priests and services. Will want to check out the meditation trail in the woods when you visit.
Diana Anderson 9 months ago

Our 1st time there. We both feel this is the church for us. I'm a returning Catholic and my husband is Methodist. Both of us looking forward to being educated in the Catholic church. And perhaps have our marriage blessed by the Catholic church, even though it was done with my husband's minister.
Krystalynn Moore a year ago

When I first moved to Durham I went to Saint Matthew's as it is my local parish. However I found it to be slightly unwelcoming when I looked into adult RCIA and the woman who ran it told me that I wasn't Catholic enough. Sorry but what? How very un Vatican two of you. It is a nice church and most of the members are nice enough but it leaves a lot to be missed. It's definitely not inclusive as my old parish back home and the music ministry is a little wanting. If you like the old school feeling of going to church with Grandma this is it. Which is sad because the Homily is always wonderful and really uplifting. There is a real juxtaposition between what Father is saying and what some of his Church lay administration is practicing. I no longer attend this parish even though it is closer to home and would be my home parish. Instead I travel to another Parish.
ron eva a year ago

My wife and I were charter members of this parish and attended faithfully for about 30 years. When she passed away we have had nothing but trouble with the cemetery committee who says they are upholding the cemeteries arbitrary rules, that I do not recall ever having a say in as a parish member. In any event what rule are they upholding when they remove a stone from the grave stone (artwork?), or when they remove pin wheels from the graves of little kids who have passed. Yes we do put holiday flags on the grave as this was something that brought joy to my wife and one way we celebrate her life. There are no slogans or politely statements on these flags. I know that these are against the arbitrary rules that state "no flags other than American Flags are allowed", but frankly I DON'T CARE" !
The Catholic church advertises and celebrates how compassionate they are and everyone should be, but where is their compassion shown to families of loved ones when they remove memorabilia like etched stones, and holiday flags that have meaning to the families. Not to mention pinwheels from other graves of small kids, or photo activated lights. The cemetery committee needs to take stock in the ,zelousness and get back to being "compassionate" if this means more than just a slogan
I have since left this church which I find has a lot of clicks and is very unfriendly for the most part not to mention. Eing very hard hearted '
Stacy a year ago

My family has belonged to Saint Matthews since it first opened. My mom passed away recently and is buried in the cemetery. We decorate her grave for holidays with flowers or small garden holiday flags. Nothing large or intrusive. The cemetery committee continues to take the decorations off of her grave. They have taken pinwheels off of children’s graves as well as flags with lost loved ones faces on them. My dad has met with the cemetery committee and they basically said tough we are going to continue to remove items as they see fit. They take solar lights off graves even though there is nothing against this in the rules. I find the cemetery committee to be very uncaring to grieving families and unsupportive. My family has since left the church.

There cemetery committee has also broken the flower pot off of the grave and stolen decor. You would think a church would be supportive of a grieving family. If this is in the cemetery “rules” perhaps they should reevaluate.