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23 posts tagged "laudato si’"

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Senate votes on UCC funds, Laudato Si action platform

Kathryn Muchnick | Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Notre Dame student senate convened Wednesday night for their penultimate meeting on the second floor of LaFortune Student Center. After opening with a prayer, student body vice president Matthew Bisner conducted roll call and approved the minutes from March 16.  Bisner previewed several upcoming events on campus, including Pride Fest, a celebration of LGBTQ+

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St. Francis of Assisi Week to celebrate patron saint of ecology, promote environmental causes

Gracie Eppler | Monday, October 4, 2021

This week, a number of events will be held around campus in honor of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi and to raise awareness about climate change. While the Feast of St. Francis is usually commemorated by a special mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, this year’s Mass is just the

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University commits to carbon neutrality by 2050, looks toward more sustainable future

Observer Staff Report | Sunday, September 12, 2021

Notre Dame has pledged to become a carbon-neutral campus by 2050, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Friday. The announcement came during Jenkins’ opening remarks for the first keynote event of this year’s annual Notre Dame Forum, “Care for Our Common Home: Just Transition to a Sustainable Future,” held in Washington Hall.  On the path

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University reveals speakers for first keynote event of 2021 forum

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, September 2, 2021

The first keynote event of the 2021 Notre Dame Forum will feature NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson and U.S. Senator Chris Coons taking part in a “fireside chat” in the Jordan Auditorium at the Mendoza College of Business on Sept. 10 at 3 p.m., University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an

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Jenkins announces theme for 2021-2022 Notre Dame Forum

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, April 22, 2021

The theme for the 2021-2022 Notre Dame Forum will be “Care for Our Common Home: Just Transition to a Sustainable Future,” University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Thursday. Jenkins said the purpose of the annual forum, which started in 2005, is to bring in multiple perspectives to talk about a topic important

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Saint Mary’s to offer new program for ’Laudato Si’ anniversary

Olivia Traxler | Tuesday, September 15, 2020

In light of Pope Francis’s announcement of the special anniversary celebration of the ‘Laudato Si,’ the Center for Spirituality of Saint Mary’s College is sponsoring a new study-faith-in-action program. The program consists of one to two environmentally-related service projects or immersion experiences, one lecture related to ‘Laudato Si’ and one to two prayer experiences related

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An excellent apostolic exhortation

Brennan Buhr | Monday, February 17, 2020

Just a few months ago, I became concerned that Pope Francis was slowly embracing a new vision of the Church that is beholden to liberal German wealth and does not submit itself to the abiding witness of the Holy Spirit. The recent Amazon synod seemed to have all the markings of a subterfuge whereby liberal-minded

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Theologian explores relationship between humanity and ecology

Ryan Kolakowski | Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Humanity is losing the lexicon to properly interact with the natural world, Christopher Thompson, professor of moral theology at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas, said Monday evening at his lecture titled “Integral Ecology and the Promise of Green Thomism.” “Something has gone wrong,” he said. Thompson argued

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Notre Dame to end coal usage ahead of schedule

Alexandra Park | Thursday, October 11, 2018

As part of the ongoing effort to become a more environmentally friendly campus, the University of Notre Dame said last month its plans to end coal usage on campus are at least one year ahead of schedule. The campus power plant will cease burning coal sometime in 2019, one year ahead of the initially predicted

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Tri-campus course examines combination of faith, sustainability

Iman Omar | Friday, September 29, 2017

The tri-campus sustainability class seeks to place stewardship of the Earth at the center of faith practice. The course, offered each fall semester, integrates Catholic teachings into environmental studies to reflect on issues of sustainability. John Slattery, an adjunct environmental studies professor at Saint Mary’s, said the course was developed to examine not only the topics in

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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