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-46 posts tagged "Catholicism"
Mariah Rush | Monday, April 1, 2019
The Gay and Lesbian Alumni of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s (GALA-ND/SMC) awarded their biannual LGBTQ Leadership Awards Saturday evening to South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Notre Dame law alumnus John Sullivan and Fr. James Martin. Since 1996, GALA — independent from the University and College — has awarded honors to members of the community
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 1, 2019
On Wednesday, the LGBT Law Forum at the law school hosted an event featuring Jim Obergefell, Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon, plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which mandated that every state recognize same-sex marriage. The talk was co-sponsored by student groups as well as the Mendoza College of Business. It is the
Letter to the Editor | Friday, March 29, 2019
Notre Dame is an unabashedly Catholic place, and I thank God for that. However, in my relatively short time here, I have observed many different interpretations of what that means, or what it’s supposed to mean. Undeniably, its Catholic identity makes Notre Dame different from other universities. And I’m forthright in my position that it’s
Gary Caruso | Friday, March 1, 2019
As a child, Easter was the second-grandest giveaway holiday that uniquely features sugary treats. From a child’s limited, but all-absorbing perspective, Easter is solely about finding eggs, chasing bunnies or brightly dyed chicks (fortunately, PETA has campaigned against this tradition) and counting jellybeans. But as time passes by, we grow to learn that the holiday burdens us
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, February 12, 2019
I read The Observer column titled “Catholicism at Notre Dame” with a sense of being challenged. I’m one of those weird people who thinks that Notre Dame, “Catholic Disneyland” as I’ve heard it called, is not Catholic enough. What could that mean, at a school with over a hundred Masses a week, a leading Theology
Andrew Rebholz | Tuesday, February 12, 2019
“Cowardice at best” is how Grant Strobl ended his fiery letter last week regarding the covering of the Columbus murals. Strobl argues that those murals play a pivotal role in our University’s history — a history so shaped by love in the face of anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant bigotry that we still call ourselves the Fighting Irish —
Ellie Dombrowski | Friday, February 8, 2019
What is diversity? A number? A feeling? At Notre Dame, it can feel like an obligation. The University reports that 80 percent of the current student population is Catholic. No matter what these numbers tell you, it is the feeling that means more to me. Do I feel at home? Do I feel like I
Jackie O'Brien | Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University President Fr. John Jenkins’s decision to cover the offensive and demeaning murals in the Main Building depicting the conquest and genocide of Christopher Columbus is a wonderful step in the right direction toward acknowledging the actuality of American and Catholic history, as well as respecting every student and person who steps foot on our
Thomas Murphy | Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Across St. Joseph’s Lake, past Moreau Seminary and beyond Moreau Drive, there stands a flat, unassuming building adorned in brick familiar to the quads of Notre Dame. But despite its ordinary appearance, the building is home to one of America’s oldest and largest Catholic publishing houses, complete with over a century and a half worth
BridgeND | Wednesday, January 30, 2019
There’s been a lot of national attention surrounding Notre Dame’s recent decision to cover our Main Building’s Christopher Columbus murals. Father Jenkins had a primetime interview on Martha MacCallum’s Fox News program, influential newspapers are publishing op-eds and Twitter users of all ideologies are crawling out of the woodwork to share their opinions. Many conservative