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-54 posts tagged "religion"
Renee Yaseen | Monday, October 26, 2020
I decided on Notre Dame after I attended a summer program here in 2017. There, I went to my first mass, in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. There was a paper booklet with music in it, and a group of friends by my side in the pew. When it came time to take the
Andrew Sveda | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
If you had 60 seconds to deliver a message to the entire world, what would you say? This was the premise of an international competition last May. I thought about entering it, but I just couldn’t find the words. I thought of all the one-liners and words of encouragement I’ve heard since March, and then
Ashton Weber | Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Oh my God. If you, like me, were raised with the Ten Commandments drilled into your head since elementary school, this statement may have caused you to think, “No, Ashton! You meant to say, ‘Oh my gosh.’ Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain, remember?” For years, I corrected people with a similar
Gabriel Niforatos | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Do you ever feel like you’re running away from something deep inside yourself? I am sometimes worried that I am running away from faith. I am a theology minor directly, and quite ironically, because I am not religious and I enjoy debating religious ideas with people. I never imagined that I would eventually study at
Ciara Hopkinson | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
This spring break, eight Notre Dame students will travel far outside the Notre Dame bubble to consider the role of religion in politics from a global perspective. Sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs and the University, students in the class “Holy Cross-roads: Religion and Politics from South Bend to South Asia” will travel
Claire Rafford | Tuesday, February 11, 2020
While Notre Dame is a Catholic university, the students and community members that make up the Notre Dame community are not all of one faith or background. Better Together ND, a leadership program sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns (CSC), aims to foster conversations between people of different religious and humanistic beliefs through workshops
Mike Donovan | Friday, January 31, 2020
The Problem: Data and Context After a series of negative “reports” from various “media outlets” exposed best-practice violations within RCC®’s organizational structure, it appears the firm’s brand popularity has declined among consumers aged 18-24. According to Nielsen* survey data, 36% of consumers in the age bracket consider RCC®’s brand “outdated” with an additional 12% describing
Tom Naatz | Thursday, January 30, 2020
I was raised by a Catholic mother and a Lutheran father. I am the proud alumnus of an Episcopalian high school and the resident of a largely Jewish neighborhood. Needless to say, I was not raised in a religious bubble. Accordingly, my Catholicism looks a little unconventional. It certainly is not doctrinaire. I look to
Ashton Weber | Monday, January 20, 2020
Welcome Home. On Dec. 13, 2017, these two words flashed across the screen of my phone and tears instantly welled in my eyes. They were written in a deep blue at the top of an email from ND Admissions. As I read them, I knew I was going to Notre Dame. I knew I was
Andrew Sveda | Monday, December 9, 2019
Being a religious none is certainly back in style. Not a nun, a “none” — an atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” Amidst the unprecedented decline of American Christianity, this demographic is swiftly ascending in the U.S., adding a whopping 29 million to its numbers in just 10 years. Twenty-nine million in 10 years. There’s