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-100 posts tagged "Catholicism"
Gabrielle Beechert | Monday, November 7, 2022
The University of Notre Dame London Global Gateway Program hosted a ceremony Oct. 27 honoring the acquisition of the G.K. Chesterton Collection. The collection, the only surviving individual connected to the Chesterton family circle and curated by Chesterton expert Aidan Mackey, contains an assemblage of writings and personal artifacts belonging to the esteemed English Catholic
Andrew Sveda | Monday, October 10, 2022
Man is wholly dependent on God. This is not merely pious rhetoric but thoroughly biblical. We have been created (Genesis 1:27; Psalm 139:13) and are sustained by God (Hebrews 1:3). We cannot live one hour (Luke 12:25-26) or even take a single step (Acts 17:28) apart from His power and foreordination. Even more, it is not only
Gracie Eppler | Monday, September 26, 2022
On Friday, Sr. Helen Prejean participated in a fireside chat hosted by the Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights. The fireside chat was moderated by dean and professor of law G. Marcus Cole in the Eck Visitors’ Center. Prejean said she believes that all humans,
Isa Sheikh | Friday, September 23, 2022
John T. McGreevy began his work as the sixth provost for the University of Notre Dame at the beginning of July. McGreevy, a history professor who has served on the faculty since 1997 and previously served as chair of the history department and the dean of College of Arts and Letters, was announced as the
Dane Sherman | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
I hopped on the Manhattan-bound “L” train at 10 a.m., late for work. I overslept and took my sweet time getting up. That’s what summer internships are for messing up, right? The car was lightly filled. Most of the people had already made it to their resting places for the day. The subways are a
Andrew Sveda | Monday, March 21, 2022
Listening to a playlist one night alone in my dorm room, a new song started playing. It began: “Not what my hands have done / can save my guilty soul…” I didn’t even get that far before skipping to the next song. I had heard it many times before and had some particularly fond memories
Marcelle Couto | Thursday, March 17, 2022
The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company (NSR) is set to preform “Measure for Measure” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Washington Hall Lab Theater. Tickets may be purchased at the LaFortune Student Center box office for $5 or at the door for $7. The tale opens with the Duke Vincentio of Vienna who, concerned with the
Andrew Sveda | Monday, February 28, 2022
The Bible says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). There is much we don’t know about our own hearts. So many are the idols there, and how little we understand the depths of them. We oftentimes surprise ourselves with our own actions. When faced with
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, January 28, 2022
There are 57 chapels on Notre Dame’s campus. Every residence hall and most academic buildings boast a space for Catholic worship, with Mass being celebrated almost 160 times per week on campus. As a Catholic university with a student population that is roughly 80% Catholic, this should come as no surprise to anyone. But what
Gracie Eppler | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
For the first time in its history, Notre Dame observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a University holiday, which also marked the beginning of the University’s annual Walk the Walk Week. The Observer asked the first-year class about their understanding of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and their thoughts on the University’s unprecedented observance.