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18 posts tagged "Fr. Ted Hesburgh"

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University president mourns passing of Pope Benedict XVI

Observer Staff Report | Saturday, December 31, 2022

University President Fr. John Jenkins mourned the loss of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a press release Saturday. Pope Benedict died Saturday in Vatican City at the age of 95. “Notre Dame joins the Church and the world in mourning the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict,” Jenkins said. “At once a luminous scholar and a

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Chomsky speaks on student activism

Claire Lyons | Monday, November 21, 2022

Last Friday, the Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) hosted a discussion with prominent and influential academic Dr. Noam Chomsky. Chomsky is most widely known as the “father of modern linguistics” and for his work as a cognitive scientist and political activist. According to the event’s hosts, he is also one of the foremost critics of

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The idea of a Catholic university

Brennan Buhr | Monday, April 27, 2020

Writing a senior thesis can actually be kind of fun, if you select an interesting topic and an excellent advisor like Professor Daniel Philpott. Of course, this large academic project may not be “fun” in the same sense as hiking or surfing or playing baseball or watching the New England Patriots win countless Super Bowls,

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Loyal daughters of Notre Dame

Letter to the Editor | Friday, January 24, 2020

The Notre Dame fight song is quintessential Notre Dame. Every kid knows it. You probably knew it long before you even thought of coming to Notre Dame. Now it is time to bring the other half of the student body, namely its women, into that tradition. I imagine it must give Muffet McGraw pause to

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Author Robert Schmuhl shares the story behind the iconic Hesburgh-King photo

Tom Naatz | Friday, January 17, 2020

In June 1964, University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh was sitting at his desk when he received a phone call. The civil rights movement was in full swing, and the Catholic priest’s services were needed at a rally in Chicago. According to a report from Notre Dame Magazine, then-Chicago mayor Richard Daley and a series

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Adams: If you want Navy off the schedule, get over yourself

Hayden Adams | Friday, November 15, 2019

Every Notre Dame football season features a few matchups between the Irish and their rivals. Whenever those games rear their heads, it brings to mind memories of games and seasons gone by. Whenever the Irish gear up for archrival USC, the older generation may remember when the Trojans spoiled Notre Dame’s title hopes in 1964

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Fr. Hesburgh commemorated with U.S. ‘Forever’ stamp

Courtney Becker | Monday, September 4, 2017

After he stamped his place in the history books of both Notre Dame and the U.S. through years of service to the University and his country, the U.S. Postal Service honored University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh with a 49-cent Forever stamp bearing his image. The Postal Service unveiled the stamp at a ceremony celebrating Hesburgh

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United States Postal Service and Digger Phelps immortalize Fr. Ted Hesburgh’s legacy

Mike Donovan | Wednesday, August 30, 2017

This Friday at 1 p.m. in Purcell Pavilion, the United States Postal Service will unveil a 49-cent Forever stamp commemorating the life and work of Notre Dame’s most prominent figure — University president emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. The ceremony will feature a notable list of speakers including former Secretary of State and Notre Dame alumna

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Embolden thy hearts

Austin Taliaferro | Friday, March 20, 2015

While standing in line to pay my respects to Fr. Theodore Hesburgh the other night, a thought came to my mind of how one measures a life. The phrase ‘good life’ gets thrown around in speech when referring to those who have passed quite often. But how do you measure a ‘good life’? I pondered this

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‘First and foremost a priest’

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

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