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19 posts tagged "Notre Dame Forum"

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Archbishop and clergy abuse investigator engages tri-campus community on Church crisis

Mary Steurer | Thursday, November 14, 2019

Charles Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta and face of the Vatican’s fight against clerical sex abuse, spoke with members of the tri-campus community on the Church’s sexual abuse crisis Wednesday evening in the Dahnke Ballroom. The event was part of the 2019 ND Forum, “Rebuild My Church: Crisis and Response.” John Allen, Vatican reporter and editor

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‘Survivors need us now’: Panelists gather to discuss Catholic Church sex abuse crisis in 2019 ND Forum keynote event

Mary Steurer and Natalie Weber | Thursday, September 26, 2019

Four major players in addressing the Catholic sex abuse crisis called for greater transparency, concrete reforms and a better understanding of Church scandals during the Notre Dame Forum’s panel Wednesday night, entitled “‘Rebuild My Church’: Crisis and Response.” Featured guests included Archbishop of Baltimore William Lori; former FBI executive assistant director Kathleen McChesney; Juan Carlos

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Notre Dame Forum panelists share expectations for discussion, comment on Archbishop Lori’s controversial history

Mary Steurer | Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Five key players in the push for Church reform will continue the global conversation on the clergy sexual abuse crisis in a panel Wednesday evening. The panel, “The Church Crisis: Where Are We Now?,” will be held Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s Leighton Concert Hall.  A keynote event for

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Observer Editorial: A place for the Church’s thinking

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 20, 2019

University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh once called Notre Dame “a place where the Church does its thinking.” Although the origin of Hesburgh’s words have been lost to time, their meaning remains clear: Notre Dame could be a sanctuary for Catholic reflection – a meeting ground for the Church to convene and bring about concrete

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2019 Notre Dame Forum speakers announced

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, September 12, 2019

This report was updated Sept. 12 at 1:30pm. The University announced in a Wednesday press release the seven individuals who will speak on Sept. 25 over the course of the 2019 Notre Dame Forum. The forum, titled “‘Rebuild My Church’: Crisis and Response,” intends to continue the Catholic Church’s ongoing discussion about how to address

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2019-2020 Notre Dame Forum to address Church sex abuse crisis

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The 2019-2020 Notre Dame Forum, titled “Rebuild My Church: Crisis and Response” will focus on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in press release Wednesday. “While we must never fail to be honest and forthright about terrible acts of abuse and failures of oversight, the forum is

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Former archbishop of Canterbury discusses prayer and Shakespeare

Max Lander | Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams discussed the portrayal and power of prayer in Shakespeare’s work in a lecture in the Dahnke Ballroom as part of the Notre Dame Forum on Monday night. Though Shakespeare’s works cover a broad range of topics — including comedy, tragedy, love, deceit and death — there are some themes and

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Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson speaks for Notre Dame Forum

Mary Clare Donnelly | Thursday, September 20, 2018

Notre Dame Forum’s first lecture of the year, titled “The Catholic Artistic Heritage: Bringing Forth Treasures New and Old,” featured Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson. In a discussion moderated by English professor Susannah Monta, Robinson spoke on themes such as religion and beauty in her novels and how these themes immerse themselves in contemporary society and culture. 

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Notre Dame Forum to consider presidential debates

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Notre Dame will host a forum to analyze the 2016 presidential election in the context of previous and upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates, according to a University press release Tuesday. This year’s Notre Dame Forum, titled “Debating Our Future,” will invite members of the Notre Dame community to join discussions surrounding the election, examining

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Keynote address explores religious liberty

Catherine Owers | Monday, November 9, 2015

John H. Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America and former Notre Dame Law professor, delivered the keynote address of the Notre Dame Law Review Symposium on Friday afternoon and addressed the recent shift in focus in the religious liberty debate. This year’s symposium is titled “Religious Liberty and the Free Society: Celebrating the

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University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email on Tuesday that Notre Dame will open a mass vaccination site in partnership with the St. Joseph County Health Department. 

🏥 The site will be at the Compton Family Ice Arena and will be open Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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“So we talked about abortion and marriage and re “So we talked about abortion and marriage and religious freedom, and I don’t know how we could not talk about it. I mean, we have to be authentic teachers. We’re not going to be silent about the truths that we hold dear.”

Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic President in United States history, but his position on abortion is “one that cannot be condoned” according to Rev. Robert Dowd. 

“Other bishops think that, because he’s a conscientious Catholic whose faith is obviously important to him, we should strike a more positive tone, particularly at the outset of his presidency. After all, in many ways Biden’s positions are more in line with Catholic teaching than Trump’s, particularly when it comes to migrants, refugees, climate issues, poverty and inequality,” Dowd continued. 

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🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s stu 🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s student body presidential elections? 

Meet the candidates and the platforms they are running on below. 

Candidates Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner plan to:
📚Expand sexual education materials.
💵Subsidize summer classes for low-income students.
📝Alter the non-discrimination clause to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
🏳️‍🌈Establish a Pride Fest.

Candidates Max Siegel and Zachary Holland plan to:
💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
🔈Amplify Speak4ND.
💲Raise student job wages.
🗣Promote sexual assault and racially-charged reporting.
🟢Expand GreeNDot training to the outside community.

Candidates Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey plan to:
👥Create a Sexual Assault Response task force.
💵Increase funding for the UCC and subsidize off-campus referrals.
♿Make campus buildings more disability accessible.
🩺Increase awareness of STI testing.
Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! Fr Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! From class encounters to love at first sight at Hesburgh Library, swipe to read more shared experiences!
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