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Kathryn Muchnick | Monday, January 23, 2023
Over the weekend, the eighth annual Walk the Walk Week continued with a service project co-sponsored by student government and a prayer service at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. Walk the Walk Week (WTWW) is a series of University, department and student-sponsored events designed to address diversity and inclusion at Notre Dame.
Peter Breen | Monday, November 14, 2022
Editor’s Note: This story contains mentions of violence. Community members gathered around the Grotto on Monday evening for a prayer service in remembrance of those who lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence. PrismND and the Gender Relations Center (GRC) co-sponsored the vigil. Molly Doerfler, PrismND president, led the memorial in mourning for the 32
Liam Price | Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Nicole Labadie, who became the new director of campus ministry at Saint Mary’s in October, hopes to find new ways to evangelize and accompany students on their faith journeys during their time at Saint Mary’s College She said the job combines her passions: the charisma of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, the focus of
Devin Humphreys | Monday, September 19, 2022
I am an avid fan of shortwave radio. It was my Gram and Grandpa who got me into the hobby. For years, they’ve had this big Schaub-Lorenz radio from the 1960’s at their house. The radio is so old that it lists frequencies in kilocycles (kc) and megacycles (Mc) because the hertz as a unit
Margaret Cicchiello | Friday, January 31, 2020
Saint Mary’s students will gather Thursday at 7:30 in the Sacred Heart Chapel in Holy Cross Hall for personal reflection and small-group discussions. Fiat, a Latin word that translates to “so be it” and references “Mary’s yes,” is the name of a new student group on campus started by seniors Amanda Fischer, Claire Conlon and
Letter to the Editor | Monday, October 7, 2019
In the Oct. 3 issue of The Observer, a fellow letter-writer stated the following: “Protest in the Capitol. Pray at home.” Those sentences, when provided together, seek to accomplish two things. The first such intention is to distance “prayer” and “protest” from one another, to make them seem incompatible, such that they may only be
Campus Ministry | Monday, April 8, 2019
March 17 is a day most people highlight on their calendar. It’s a day to celebrate a great saint, an honorable heritage, a beautiful country and, simply, a reason to turn anything and everything green. I’m Irish and only Irish, and green just so happens to be my favorite color, so you won’t hear me
Marie Fazio | Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Representatives of Christian faiths from around the world and members of the local community participated in an ecumenical prayer service at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday night to celebrate the University’s commitment to unity among Christians. The service was co-presided by representatives from the Presbyterian, Evangelical Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Episcopal and United Methodist Churches: Rev.
Colleen Fischer | Friday, February 22, 2019
In a world full of genocide, hunger, pain and suffering, it is sometimes hard for Christians to turn to prayer. However, Boston College assistant professor of theology Dr. Andrew Prevot spoke about the usefulness of prayer in the face of violence in his lecture, “Christian Prayer in a Violent World,” on Thursday. Prevot used examples
Morgan Johnson | Thursday, November 8, 2018
Two Notre Dame alumni are fulfilling the mission of a Holy Cross education by providing busy students and working people with convenient access to faith through their new app, Hallow. Hallow offers guided prayer and meditation sessions to allow users to grow in faith in a Catholic online community. Hallow is scheduled for release at