For only the third time in the past 70 years, the University of Notre Dame inaugurated a new president Friday (Sept. 13) during the formal investiture of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president. The Convocation and Inauguration Ceremony, held in Purcell Pavilion, was the culmination of a series of celebratory events that spanned three days.
A Catholic university, according to my predecessor and brother in Holy Cross, Father Ted Hesburgh, “should be a bridge across all chasms that separate modern people from each other.”
Now, when I reflect on those words, I see a problem and an opportunity.
The problem is clear: Those chasms…
The formal process for sainthood has begun for Holy Cross Brother Columba O’Neill, C.S.C., a humble cobbler who worked at the University of Notre Dame and served as a confrere of the University’s founder, Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C.
On April 23, 2022, the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders on Rev. Cameron Cortens, C.S.C., Rev. Drew Clary, C.S.C., and Rev. Gabriel Griggs, C.S.C.
Rev. Austin Collins, C.S.C., a longtime professor of sculpture at the University of Notre Dame and formerly religious superior of Holy Cross priests and brothers at the University, has been appointed vice president for mission engagement and Church affairs, effective June 7, Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced today.
Currently Notre Dame’s vice president for mission engagement and Church affairs, Father Olinger previously served as vice president for student affairs at the University of Portland.
The Most Reverend Arthur J. Colgan, C.S.C., D.D., Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese of Chosica (Peru), conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders on Rev. Felipe Campos Reséndez, C.S.C., Rev. Robert Lisowski, C.S.C., Rev. Geoffrey Mooney, C.S.C., and Rev. David Smith, C.S.C. as priests in the Congregation of Holy Cross.
Father Connelly, congregational archivist for the Congregation of Holy Cross, discusses his latest book, from Notre Dame Press, The History of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
With abundant joy and thanksgiving, the United States Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross announces the Perpetual Profession of Vows of five men, four of whom were ordained to the diaconate, as well as four men who were ordained to the priesthood.
Rev. Mr. David Smith, C.S.C., Rev.…
In new research, Rev. Thomas Blantz, C.S.C., Notre Dame professor emeritus of history, presents the story of America’s premier Catholic university from its inception as a French-founded boys’ school in 1842 to its status as an acclaimed undergraduate and international research institution of the 21st century.
Father Scheidler served as the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Notre Dame, IN and the Priest-in-Residence in Farley Hall on campus
Statue of Notre Dame priest who gave general absolution at Gettysburg restored to its place in front of Corby Hall.
Father Malloy joined the theology faculty at Notre Dame in 1974 and has been at the University ever since.
Rev. Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C., faculty fellow in the University of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies and founder and director emeritus of its Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC), died Monday (Nov. 4). He was 98.
The University of Notre Dame Board of Trustees elected Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on Friday (Oct. 11) to a fourth five-year term as president of the University, effective at the conclusion of his third term June 30.
South Bend will be featuring some of the sculptures of Fr. Austin Collins, C.S.C., inside their roundabouts as a public art display.
With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the Perpetual Profession of Vows of five men. Br. Joseph DeAgostino, C.S.C., Mr. Vincent Nguyen, C.S.C., Mr. M. Joseph Pedersen, C.S.C., Mr. Zachary Rathke, C.S.C., and Mr. Gilbrian Stoy, C.S.C., all professed Perpetual Vows at 9:30 a.m. ET, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame.
Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., associate professor of theology and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed vice president and associate provost, effective Aug. 1.
Executives from among the world’s leading energy producers and investors concluded two days of Vatican-sponsored dialogue on energy transition Friday (June 14), with — for the first time — most signing statements of support for carbon pricing and disclosures on climate change risk.
The conference, titled “The Catholic Social Teaching from Inception to the Digital Age: How to Live Laudato Si’,” brought together entrepreneurs, third-sector operators and national and international institutions engaged in the application of integral ecology.