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-12 posts tagged "Basilica"
Liam Kelly | Monday, November 20, 2023
Every day when I leave my dorm in the morning, I am fortunate enough to look up and see the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. As the sun rises, I watch its spire adorned with a glittering golden cross, stretching up toward the Indiana sky. There’s something special about a church spire. It stands perched
Gabriel Zarazua | Monday, April 17, 2023
Editor’s Note: Gabriel Zarazua is a graphic designer for The Shirt. It’s the unveiling week for “The Shirt”! If you don’t know what The Shirt is, it is a project that began in 1990 to raise money for Notre Dame student activities. To help unify Notre Dame Stadium, students wear it for every season’s first
Claire Lyons | Friday, April 14, 2023
If you don’t already know, “ring by spring” is the Christian college phenomenon whereby seniors feel pressured to get engaged to their college sweetheart before graduation, and our Catholic campus is apparently no exception to the rule. According to a study by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), Notre Dame has an above-average percentage of
Peter Breen | Wednesday, February 22, 2023
A line of students snaked through the South Dining Hall lobby Tuesday evening for the Mardi Gras celebration, featuring an ice sculpture, king cake giveaways, a New Orleans-style brass band, Cajun-style food and invitations to partake more wholly in the spiritual practice of the Lenten season. On Ash Wednesday at Notre Dame, one can attend
Kathryn Muchnick | Monday, January 23, 2023
Over the weekend, the eighth annual Walk the Walk Week continued with a service project co-sponsored by student government and a prayer service at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. Walk the Walk Week (WTWW) is a series of University, department and student-sponsored events designed to address diversity and inclusion at Notre Dame.
Maggie Eastland | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Behind a stained glass window, a narrow wooden staircase inside the walls of the Basilica winds up to 24 bronze bells that send chimes echoing across campus every 15 minutes. The largest bell, named in honor of St. Anthony, weighs eight tons and stands seven feet tall. In 1867, the bell arrived in South Bend
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Fr. Pete McCormick was promoted as the inaugural assistant vice president for campus ministry, with three other campus ministry employees promoted to director roles. McCormick’s new title, along with the promotion of three other campus ministry professionals, was announced Tuesday by director of communications for the division of student affairs Kate Morgan. McCormick, who was
Julianna Conley | Wednesday, December 1, 2021
During the winter break following the first semester of my freshman year, I created a Notre Dame bucket list. Talking with other classmates, this creation is not unusual. A girl in my halls made a check-list of dorms, to make sure she made a friend from every corner of campus. Another boy
Observer Staff Report | Sunday, March 21, 2021
This year’s Triduum services during Holy Week will be held in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center instead of the Basilica, director of Campus Ministry Fr. Pete McCormick said in an email to the student body Sunday. McCormick said the services — celebrating the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, the Lord’s Passion on Good
Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 25, 2019
I’ve thought about writing this letter for a long time. I waited, hoping that fashions would change and such a letter would be unnecessary — but that doesn’t seem to be happening. I’m not trying to insult anyone or infringe upon anyone’s rights. I’m just a Catholic mother of four sons with a problem that