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Erin Grimes | Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Saint Mary’s Campus Ministry and the Center for Spirituality hosted a dinner and conversation Tuesday evening titled “The Catholic Church Needs Women; Do Women Need the Catholic Church?” featuring Sr. Sharlet Ann Wagner, CSC, the President-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The event consisted of small group discussions between three to four students, an
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Catholic writer Dan Mattson spoke Monday on his struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his faith. The talk was hosted by Students for Child-Oriented Policy and the “Irish Rover.” The first 30 attendees to the event received free copies of Mattson’s book, “Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay: How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality
Letter to the Editor | Friday, November 17, 2017
Your decision to assure employees of our University that they will not lose contraceptive insurance coverage even though the use of contraceptives is not an accepted method of birth control by the Catholic Church is an another unfortunate mistake by your administration. Again, because of our University’s stature and notoriety, we have a pronouncement that
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 14, 2017
In his column from Nov. 10, Gary Caruso expresses a warped understanding of the Catholic Church’s teachings about human dignity and the contraception issue. Mr. Caruso’s subjective version of Catholicism is far removed from the objective teachings of the Church. According to Caruso, “The Catholic hierarchy has a long history of systemic rigidity that excludes
Gary Caruso | Friday, November 10, 2017
It has often been said that incoming freshman faces look like those who have just graduated, illustrating the constancy of the Notre Dame community — only the student names change. Striving for diversity within its Catholic identity, each year the University embraces efforts to meld legacy children with other ethnicities and races from various religious
Raymond Ramirez | Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests. The time is in the near future, and we now look in on Fr. and Mrs. Andrew Holliman, sitting down for breakfast in their modest ranch-style house, in a
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
I’ve never been particularly good at articulating my faith, which is strange given that it’s always been such a core part of who I am. I went to Catholic school almost my entire life, I’ve led retreats, gone on service trips, I never miss Mass on Sundays and now my first full-time job out of
Grace Tourville | Thursday, September 29, 2016
“Look at what I can do now, watch! In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Amen,” my niece exclaimed over FaceTime the other day. She was showing me how preschool taught her how to pray, starting with the Sign of the Cross. She was giddy to show people, and of course it made
Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 19, 2016
I would like to begin by thanking Bryan Ricketts, former student body president, for his recent letter to the editor entitled “A Catholic case for same-sex marriage.” While I do not agree with the conclusions of his letter — as I will make manifest later in my own — I think it is important for
Jenna Wilson | Wednesday, April 13, 2016
On April 8, Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation titled “Amoris Laetitia,” Latin for “The Joy of Love.” As the Catholic tradition calls for love and mutual respect, this aptly-titled, revolutionary document calls for priests and members of the Catholic Church to welcome single parents, gay people and unmarried couples who live together into the