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-22 posts tagged "God"
Erin Thomassen | Thursday, February 9, 2017
God wants to speak to you when you run. I discovered this when one of my earbuds stopped working. I tugged both of them out with frustration, only to find they were better in my hands than in my ears. Then I discovered: they were best of all when I left them at home. A
Erin Thomassen | Thursday, October 6, 2016
Two years ago, I thought I knew what God was calling me to do at the Notre Dame Vision summer program: encourage high school students to explore their faith as a small group mentor, and sing, dance and spread joy as a music mentor. When I learned about the opportunity to give a witness talk,
Erin Thomassen | Thursday, September 22, 2016
In my 21 years of life, I have considered dating 21 guys and joining zero religious orders. Upon reflection, it seems I never gave religious life a chance. But how could I? I take two pieces of fruit out of the dining hall. I go to the Backer in short skirts. I like babysitting and
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Everybody has a story when it comes to 9/11. For me, I was a high school student at Chaminade High School, approximately 20 miles from downtown Manhattan. The news was devastating as many of my high school classmates lost immediate family: fathers, mothers, siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins. The next couple of days were excruciating
Scott Boyle | Monday, April 4, 2016
Although the show originally premiered in 2007, I have recently been catching up on AMC’s television series, “Mad Men.” Through the workings of the Sterling Cooper advertising agency, the show offers a glimpse of life in the 1960s. By extension, it invites us to see how life has changed — and what has stayed the
Gary Caruso | Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Our Christian joie de vivre revolves around rising above the power of death. Surely if anyone yearns to personally be lifted from a seemingly inner bottomless sorrow to boundless joy, the Easter season should be that catalyst to shepherd along such solace. Yet the ravage of witnessing firsthand a family member’s long-term cancer struggle oftentimes
Scott Boyle | Monday, March 14, 2016
Most professionals don’t get a spring break. I was reminded of this reality as I walked Notre Dame’s quiet campus after students left for service trips, sunny beaches and everything in between just over a week ago. But, the quiet of campus was the catalyst I needed to take some intentional time to slow down.
Raymond Ramirez | Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Folk drama is a tradition from medieval Europe that used staged presentations to convey stories and lessons generally drawn from religious teachings. Begun at a time when the Mass, sacraments and ceremonies were mainly in Latin, these plays were presented in the local vernacular and allowed the audience to participate in the stories more personally
Maureen Schweninger | Monday, February 22, 2016
I learned a lot from my high school English teacher, but one of the most memorable pieces of advice he gave me was after graduation, when he spoke of the human intellect as a two-edged sword, often a temptress from a Christ-centered core. In our pursuit of knowledge, we can easily lose a sense of
Scott Boyle | Monday, February 8, 2016
My life has changed a lot in the course of the past year. I finished a master’s degree, leased my first apartment, moved for yet another time, started paying (bigger and more consistent) bills and began my first professional job here at Notre Dame. It seems — at least for the foreseeable future — that