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-15 posts tagged "Fr. Ted Hesburgh"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Greg Hadley | Thursday, March 5, 2015
After a full day spent celebrating the life of University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, students gathered one last time Wednesday to remember him in the most fitting of ways: smoking a cigar. Outside of Hesburgh Library, roughly 600 people gathered following the memorial service in Purcell Pavilion and lit up stogies the same way
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 5, 2015
To the Students of Notre Dame: I’m sure I will not be only one to write a letter like this. Your tribute to Fr. Ted, lining the route to the cemetery in silent respect, was impressive beyond what words can adequately describe. One hundred years from now, when all of us are long gone, you
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 5, 2015
I am from South Bend, and this university has always been a part of my life casting its shadow over me. At first, I dreamed of going here all throughout my childhood, but as I grew older I began to detest the idea of staying home and going to school here. I struggled my freshman