The college chapel, located behind Main College, was built in 1928, replacing an earlier chapel built on South Bailey in 1909.
Intended only as a temporary building, the unheated wood-frame building seats 120 people and has been in continuous use.
The chapel's contents are older than its structures, with older donated pews from various churches and a ballroom dance floor from a decommissioned ocean-liner.

Though still intended as only a temporary chapel, it is beautifully fitted up.
Some day, when the permanent chapel is built, this and a good deal of the other furnishings can easily be transferred to the new building.

— C E Whiting (1932), The University of Durham 1832–1932
The chapel is overseen by the college chaplain, an Anglican priest.
The college's roots in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England are still evident in services in the college chapel.
Chapel attendance is entirely voluntary, given that the college accepts students without regard to their religious background.

The college maintains a collegiate choral tradition, headed by the director of music.
Membership in the college choir is by audition.
 The choir tours regionally and internationally and produces an annual CD of their music.
The regional tours include regular visits schools in the North East, especially those on council estates, providing music workshops to students.
The college offers a number of choral and organ scholarships every year.
The college chapel, located behind Main College, was built in 1928, replacing an earlier chapel built on South Bailey in 1909. Intended only as a temporary building, the unheated wood-frame building seats 120 people and has been in continuous use. The chapel's contents are older than its structures, with older donated pews from various churches and a ballroom dance floor from a decommissioned ocean-liner.
Though still intended as only a temporary chapel, it is beautifully fitted up. Some day, when the permanent chapel is built, this and a good deal of the other furnishings can easily be transferred to the new building.
— C E Whiting (1932), The University of Durham 1832–1932
The chapel is overseen by the college chaplain, an Anglican priest. The college's roots in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England are still evident in services in the college chapel. Chapel attendance is entirely voluntary, given that the college accepts students without regard to their religious background.
The college maintains a collegiate choral tradition, headed by the director of music. Membership in the college choir is by audition.  The choir tours regionally and internationally and produces an annual CD of their music. The regional tours include regular visits schools in the North East, especially those on council estates, providing music workshops to students. The college offers a number of choral and organ scholarships every year.
St Chad's College, Durham