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-11 posts tagged "The Grotto"
Jack Lyons | Thursday, October 31, 2019
While approaching the Grotto, several things might catch your eye: the imposing rocks, the hundreds of white candles or a trickling fountain on the left. This fountain may not be the most iconic part of the Grotto, but it has its own stories from seven decades of keeping watch over visitors. The fountain was made
Ashton Weber | Tuesday, October 8, 2019
I’ve learned a lot over the past month. Since “The self-regulated spiritual upper-class” was first published, I have received dozens of emails, attended two panels about the Church abuse crisis and read through 19 of your responses to my survey. When I first sat to write this column, I sifted through the survey responses once
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
The paths and entryways to the Grotto and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will undergo renovations this summer, the University announced in a press release Wednesday. The project, which will begin May 20 following Commencement, will render the courtyard in front of the Grotto as well as the Basilica’s main entrance inaccessible for a
Letter to the Editor | Friday, March 1, 2019
To those searching for gems, I strongly suggest opening your eyes to the places around Notre Dame. It has come to my attention after friendly conversations that many students here at Notre Dame overlook valuable areas to learn, relax and socialize. There appears to be a distinct schedule that most students follow, and it mostly
Mary Steurer | Wednesday, September 26, 2018
I am not a natural insomniac, but when I arrived back on campus in August, bringing with me plenty of uneasiness about the new year, sleep became … more challenging, I guess. Unable to get my mind off of my anxieties, it would take me a couple hours to settle down. One late night, frustrated
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, February 26, 2018
The night was freezing. My breath was illuminated in the cold and it wisped away among the candles. I walked among the rows until I found an open place, placing the match upon the wick of another candle and lighting it. A family friend had died the week before and I felt this was the
Caroline Humphreys | Monday, September 4, 2017
My friend Carrie and I walked to the Grotto last night. We stopped to take pictures of every pretty angle (which seems to be just about all of them when the light begins to change at Notre Dame) and were finally met with the warm glow of a thousand candles. A thousand prayers, really. And
Rachel O'Grady | Monday, March 21, 2016
Students gathered to pray for healing Friday afternoon at the Grotto in response to a Feb. 24 off-campus sexual assault reported by a Notre Dame student to the South Bend Police Department. Dan Sehlhorst, former student body chief of staff, offered a reflection on the reported assault. “Community, charity, hope, heart, zeal, family, love. As we
Selena Ponio | Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Just one day after the campus-wide launch of GreeNDot, an initiative committed to replacing violent and sexual injustices on campus with positive acts, students received an email Nov. 7 alerting them to a reported sexual assault. Students and other members of the Notre Dame community prayed for healing at the Grotto on Monday evening after this most recent
Jennifer Flanagan | Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Wednesday night at 8 p.m. the Jewish Federation of South Bend will host a Holocaust remembrance service at the Grotto to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. Trent Spoolstra, a 2013 graduate of Notre Dame who has volunteered with the Jewish Federation for the past seven months, helped to bring the event to Notre