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Ciara Hopkinson | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
This spring break, eight Notre Dame students will travel far outside the Notre Dame bubble to consider the role of religion in politics from a global perspective. Sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs and the University, students in the class “Holy Cross-roads: Religion and Politics from South Bend to South Asia” will travel
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, June 13, 2019
Three former members of the Congregation of Holy Cross who spent time at Notre Dame during their careers were credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor during their ministry, a press release Wednesday from the Congregation of Holy Cross said. In the release, the Congregation of Holy Cross listed 15 of its former members as credibly-accused
Cate Von Dohlen | Friday, May 17, 2019
As graduates of the class of 2019 leave Notre Dame’s campus to move towards their professional lives, some will simply be hopping across the St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s Lakes to Moreau Seminary where they will join the Congregation of Holy Cross’ postulant program. The program is the first step in the process of discernment
Cate Von Dohlen | Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Housed in a small office on the edge of St. Joseph’s lake, the Holy Cross Mission Center’s web stretches across the globe. Recently, center director Fr. Mike DeLaney attended World Youth Day in Panama where he and Holy Cross representatives from eight different countries held a vocations fair from Jan. 22 to 26. According to a
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
Natalie Weber | Thursday, August 31, 2017
In May, Fr. Kevin Sandberg was appointed the acting executive director of the Center for Social Concerns (CSC) for the 2017–2018 academic year, while Fr. Paul Kollman, the executive director of the center is on leave to conduct research. Sandberg, a Notre Dame alumnus, said he has been involved in the CSC since its founding. During his
Kayla Mullen | Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Easter Sunday at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart is notable not only for its status as the most holy day of the year in Catholicism, but also for its ability to draw crowds rivaling a sporting event. “On Easter Sunday, we do a couple of things — we add a Mass and we allow more
Ann Marie Jakubowski | Thursday, March 5, 2015
The funeral Mass celebrating the life of University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh on Wednesday afternoon commended him to heaven with the strength of more than 1,000 participants. At the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, where he was first ordained in 1943, more than 100 of his brother priests from the Congregation of Holy Cross
Lesley Stevenson | Friday, February 27, 2015
Friday morning, with the news of University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh’s death just reaching many Notre Dame students, University President Fr. John Jenkins reflected on his time with the priest, who was 97, and outlined plans for services next week. “I extended my heartfelt condolences to the Hesburgh family, to my brothers in the
Observer Staff Report | Friday, February 27, 2015
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, whose unprecedented 35-year tenure as president of Notre Dame revolutionized the University, making him one of the most influential figures in higher education, and whose dedication to social issues brought him worldwide recognition, died Feb. 26. He was 97. When Hesburgh became the 15th president of Notre Dame in 1952, the University