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-41 posts tagged "Faith"
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
“For your penance, offer a prayer of gratitude for your Catholic faith.” I was given this task by a priest in the confessional a couple of weeks ago, and after offering that prayer, I kind of fell down a philosophical rabbit hole: what does it mean that the faith is my own? The possessive pronoun
Liam Price | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Hagar Hodeeb, a Fulbright language teaching assistant from Egypt, delivered a lecture about women and the hijab in the Arab world on Wednesday afternoon in the Spes Unica building at Saint Mary’s. Editor’s Note: Hodeeb is a photographer for The Observer. Hodeeb set out to educate her audience on what the hijab means to Muslim
Gabby Beechert | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Notre Dame student government hosted a racial justice prayer service Monday evening as a part of Race Relations Week, a series of events taking place this Monday through Friday. The Week, sponsored by student government, seeks to spread racial awareness in Notre Dame’s campus and community. The service, led by Vice President for Student Affairs
Andrew Sveda | Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Does God exist? Thinking about this can feel so abstract and pointless when we’re doing our best just to fight off sleep in class or cram for tomorrow’s exam, but no question could possibly be more important. Indeed, it is the most fundamental and inescapable question. Once genuinely asked, it cannot simply be put off.
Clark Bowden | Thursday, September 3, 2020
When you read the Bible, what do you see? What do you feel? What lessons and stories do you take away? For me, entwined in the pages of scripture I find the bountiful love, compassion, forgiveness, hope, humility and generosity of Christ and the calls for all members of Christ’s community to live the same
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, August 24, 2020
Three years ago, Fr. Nate Wills found himself with a job opportunity he figured he was extremely unqualified for. Now he seems like just the man for the job. Walking across the quads while teaching through ACE during the summer of 2017, Wills received a call from one of his good friends, Fr. Pete McCormick,
Patrick McKelvey | Friday, May 1, 2020
I’ve been lucky enough to be with the Observer since the beginning of my sophomore year. I’ve been a columnist with Viewpoint for almost as long. Every other week for three years, I’ve sent in a column with my musings on the state of the world. It was like clockwork. Rarely stressful. Almost always fun.
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
I know how to find an inmate. In Florida, you can go to the department of corrections site and look up inmates via a combination of their last name, first name and DC number. This DC number is a combination of six digits, or an alpha character followed by five digits, that is used for
Cate Von Dohlen | Monday, March 30, 2020
Senior Mar Diego came back to campus at the end of spring break with hopes to resume in-person classes in late March. Diego, an international student, came back to campus knowing that disruptions would be present already, but said she thought she would still be able to attend the daily service in the Basilica. Diego
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 27, 2020
Jean Vanier used to be a personal hero of mine. In fact, the founding story of L’Arche was one of the most impactful stories of my life. I first experienced L’Arche the summer after my freshman year at Notre Dame through the Summer Service Learning Program (SSLP). I spent eight weeks living and serving as