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-32 posts tagged "Catholic"
Lucy Collins | Thursday, March 2, 2017
This is the eternal question that has plagued centuries of good Catholic boys and girls. A lot rides on what you decide to abstain from, after all. Back in grade school, I would proudly announce my brave sacrifice for that year — most likely candy, pop or fighting with my brother — to my classmates,
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
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
By now, a wide array of critics of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on refugees — including a passel of United States Catholic bishops — have explained with force and perspicacity how the action amounts to a failure of charity, hospitality and justice. Among the many baneful dimensions of the order is President Trump’s
Ciara Hopkinson | Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture will host its annual fall conference, an interdisciplinary exploration of a specific aspect of Catholic tradition, this Thursday through Sunday. This year’s conference, “You Are Beauty,” will address the relationship between imagination, beauty and the Catholic faith. Ken Hallenius, the Center’s communications specialist, explained the thought process behind choosing
Alex Carson | Monday, November 7, 2016
After a 61-point win in its exhibition opener Tuesday, Notre Dame returns to the hardwood for its second preseason contest Monday night, hosting Catholic at Purcell Pavilion. Despite that lopsided win, Irish head coach Mike Brey said the Irish knew there were things to work on the past week in practice, pointing to the high
Gary Caruso | Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The recent alleged revelations about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s hacked staff e-mails by WikiLeaks, along with new sexual assault accusations by the New York Times against GOP standard-bearer Donald Trump offer voters a myriad of excuses to oppose their candidate of choice. The substance to weigh, however, is whether Trump’s prior personal conduct “trumps” any perceived
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, October 6, 2016
It seems to me that every campus conversation about sex right now is centered around one thing: consent. For most of the country, it seems that consent has become the minimal standard for the morality of sexual activity … but shouldn’t we expect more of Notre Dame? What if sex was about more than just
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 29, 2016
My life as a gay Catholic man, father, husband and Domer started many years ago being brought up in a traditional middle-class Irish Catholic family in the suburbs of Boston. Both my parents were school teachers who strongly valued hard work ethic, advanced education and bringing their children up in the Catholic religion. My life’s
Letter to the Editor | Friday, September 16, 2016
In yesterday’s Tocqueville lecture, Archbishop Chaput spoke of the implications of religious liberty for the Church’s teachings on marriage and family. Putting aside the complicated question of religious liberty in America, I would pose a different question: Why does the Catholic Church choose to defend a limited interpretation of its teachings on marriage? The teachings
Elizabeth Hascher | Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The August before my junior year of high school, I visited campus for the first time as a prospective student. The University of Notre Dame had previously existed only in my imagination, and it seemed perfect. It was in a location that would be just far enough out of my comfort zone, its name alone