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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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The Gospel according to Hozier

Carlos De Loera | Tuesday, September 11, 2018

In 2014, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier took us to church. Now, four years later, he continues to preach his gospel of soul with his newest EP, “Nina Cried Power.” The title of the EP is a reference to the singer, Civil Rights activist and high priestess of soul, Nina Simone. The four-song EP evokes the sentimentality

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Those pearly gates

Andrew Rebholz | Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Heinrich was a little disheartened when he approached those pearly gates, because he’d spent the entirety of his life making fun of such silly notions. “Son of a—” Suddenly all those jokes at his mother’s pious colloquialisms had come back to bite him in the buns. But then, he quickly came to a fun idea.

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Saint Mary’s club aims to foster interfaith understanding

Maria Leontaras and Kelly Burke | Tuesday, September 4, 2018

This semester, students at Saint Mary’s College will be able to join a new club called Better Together. The club is focused on promoting interfaith dialogue throughout campus. Sophomore Jackie Rojas, the secretary of Better Together, said the goal of this club is to demonstrate how people with different perspectives and religious traditions can work

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SMC professors organize trip to New York City for ‘Heavenly Bodies’ art exhibit

Gina Twardosz | Monday, August 27, 2018

Saint Mary’s students will have the opportunity to travel by bus to New York City on Sept. 22 to see The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition, a display of fashion and medieval art. The exhibition aims to examine the effects of fashion on Catholicism over time, the Metropolitan

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Saint Mary’s to host interfaith conference

Gina Twardosz | Friday, January 26, 2018

Saint Mary’s will host “Building an Interreligious Community,” an interfaith conference on Feb. 2 and 3 in Rice Commons that will allow students, faculty and staff to engage in peaceful religious dialogue. Sophomore Sophia McDevitt said the goal of the conference is to produce citizens who are better informed about religion. “It’s through an organization

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Conference encourages discussion of religious differences

Sara Schlecht and Julianna McKenna | Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Saint Mary’s joined the United Religious Community to host an Interreligious Conference, which marks the beginning of Saint Mary’s involvement in the Interreligious Student Community. The United Religious Community (URC) is “a collaboration of a wide range of local congregations and religious communities,” religious studies professor Anita Houck said in an email. Within the URC

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Saint Mary’s students discuss diversity of religion at the College

Gina Twardosz | Friday, November 3, 2017

Saint Mary’s held a Belles of Different Faiths panel Thursday, during which five students discussed their faiths, practices and some of the misconceptions behind their religions. Sophomore Iman Omar, senior Colleen Zewe, senior Taylor Thomas, sophomore Emily Barr and sophomore Abbee LaPlace were on the panel. Editor’s note: Omar and Zewe are News Writers for

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Yves Tumor releases transcendent ambient dance record

Adrian Mark Lore | Friday, October 6, 2017

It’s difficult to find one unifying thematic focus point among the various ideas Yves Tumor (Sean Bowie) transmutes into vibrant soundscapes on his free, self-released record, “Experiencing the Deposit of Faith.” The record was announced by surprise, just as Tumor signed to trendsetting electronic and experimental music powerhouse Warp Records — a sign of great

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Impressive Rembrandt exhibit inspires quiet contemplation

Grace Weissend | Monday, October 2, 2017

To commemorate the 175th anniversary of the University’s founding, the Snite Museum of Art is displaying their extensive collection of original Rembrandt etchings. Art collectors and Elkhart residents Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen first loaned the collection of Rembrandt prints to the Snite in conjunction with the museum’s new building opening in 1981. The Feddersens officially donated the

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