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-24 posts tagged "Lent"
Gina Twardosz | Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Easter brunch is a holiday tradition, but what about the brunches leading up to Easter? Every Sunday until Palm Sunday, students can join Campus Ministry leaders in the conference rooms outside the Noble Family Dining Hall for Blessed Brunch and Encounter with Christ to reflect upon their Lenten spiritual journey. Junior Grace Erving was one
Ashton Weber | Tuesday, March 5, 2019
For many Catholics and Christians, the final day before Lent is a time to eat as much food as possible in preparation for the fasting of Ash Wednesday. For the McGrath Institute for Church Life, however, it is the time to kick off a new lecture series, “‘Chronicles of Narnia’: A Spiritual Journey from Lent
Campus Ministry | Monday, March 4, 2019
It finally happened. After months and months, it finally clicked. For two years, each time our now three-year-old daughter was given something, whether it be a toy, candy, crayon, coloring book, tissue or whatever, either my wife or I would say the same phrase, “Felicity, what do you say?” “Thank you… (insert giver’s name here).”
Gary Caruso | Friday, March 1, 2019
As a child, Easter was the second-grandest giveaway holiday that uniquely features sugary treats. From a child’s limited, but all-absorbing perspective, Easter is solely about finding eggs, chasing bunnies or brightly dyed chicks (fortunately, PETA has campaigned against this tradition) and counting jellybeans. But as time passes by, we grow to learn that the holiday burdens us
Kara Miecznikowski | Wednesday, April 4, 2018
During the Lenten season, Howard Hall set forth a bold goal for hall residents and other University students — attend Mass in every dorm chapel on campus over the 46-day period of Lent, covering all 30 residence hall chapels as part of their “Chapel Crawl.” The Crawl allows students to visit and experience different chapels on
Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Fr. Joe Corpora’s recent book, “The Relentless Mercy of God,” chronicles a chase as persistent as that undertaken by Inspector Javert in pursuit of Jean Valjean. In contrast to Javert’s obsessive years-long hunt chronicled in Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” Corpora spins a story that is deceptively simple: We are all sinners, but we are also
Mary Steurer | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
To better serve Notre Dame’s Spanish-speaking community, Campus Ministry created “Caminando Con La Madre Del Amor,” a Spanish-language reflection to be held every Wednesday night in the Coleman–Morse chapel during Lent. According to Campus Ministry’s website, the service, which translates to “walking with the mother of love,” seeks to lead students in meditation on the “Our
Mary Steurer | Friday, March 2, 2018
To celebrate the Lenten season, the Notre Dame Basilica choirs will host a concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The choirs will perform two pieces by French composer Gabriel Faure — “Requiem” and “Cantique de Jean Racine” — as well as an opening and closing hymn. Four choirs —
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 24, 2017
Now don’t get me wrong — I know that coffee is life-giving. It has the incredible ability to pick you up from your crumpled, sleep-deprived state and transform you into an alert, ambitious pupil. It allows you to adopt godlike powers at 4am as you study straight through the night and ace that exam. With
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Many students regularly attend Sunday Mass in their dorms, but during the Lenten season, students from Howard Hall encourage the community to take Mass attendance a step further. Since 2011, students organizing the annual Howard Hall Chapel Crawl have scheduled Mass in a different chapel every day of Lent, allowing participants to attend Mass in