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Congregation of Holy Cross celebrates founder’s feastday
Around the world, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the feast of their founder, Bl. Basil Moreau on 20 January. Rev. David T. Tyson, provincial superior of the United States Province of Holy Cross Priests and Brothers, offered the Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in honor of Blessed Moreau. At its conclusion, the Spirit of Holy Cross Award was conferred upon University of [...]
Sacred then, sacred now: Fr. Neil Roy addresses the new Roman Missal
Anticipating the implementation of the third Roman Missal this Advent season, the Orestes Brownson Council hosted “Sacred Then…Sacred Now: A Positive Assessment of the New English Translation of the Roman Missal.” The lecture was delivered by Fr. Neil J. Roy, STL, PhD. Recently appointed chaplain and associate professor at the College of Saint Mary Magdalen, he also previously served as a [...]
BC priest-professor speaks on Eucharistic adoration
The Notre Dame Center for Liturgy inaugurated its first annual lecture on liturgy with Fr. John Baldovin, S.J., professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College, addressing “Adoration of the Eucharist Today” on November 7. His lectured outlined the history of Eucharistic Adoration, the Church’s operative document on Eucharistic adoration from 1973, and the spirituality of [...]
St. Edith Stein, icon of Christ
Professor discusses Jewish philosopher and martyr Theology Professor Cyril O’Regan recently delivered a lecture “St. Edith Stein and the Dark Night” as part of the Institute for Church Life’s “Saturday with the Saints” lecture series. O’Regan cited Pope John Paul II’s encouragement to the faithful “to be consoled and cheered by the examples of the saints, especially in [...]
Alasdair MacIntyre encourages “re-reading” Aquinas
Distinguished philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre spoke at St. Mary’s College’s annual MacMahon Aquinas Lecture. His lecture was titled, “How Truth is Approached through Error: Rereading Aquinas’ Project at SUMMA THEOLOGIAE, Ia-IIae, qq. 1 and 2.” MacIntyre, the Rev. John A. O’Brien Senior Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and Senior Research Fellow at the [...]
Notre Dame theology professor provides “missal alert”
Fr. Michael Driscoll, associate theology professor and co-director of the Masters of Sacred Music Program at Notre Dame, kicked off the annual Saturday Scholars lecture series with a talk entitled “Missal Alert: Preparation and Implementation of the New Translation of the Roman Missal.” Fr. Driscoll provided an overview of the history concerning the Roman Missal and the subsequent [...]
Book review: Combining the personal and historical Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection. By Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict (San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 2011. Pp. xvii, 362. $24.95.) In 2007, Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI published Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism of the Jordan to the Transfiguration as the first book to belong to a series exploring the figure and message of Jesus Christ. [...]
What’s so great about guys’ dorm masses?
On any given Sunday at Notre Dame, guys’ dorm masses bask in the glow of “brotherhood,” but also in an exodus of ladies from the girls’ dorms. The girls’ dorm masses, on the other hand, are more sparsely populated, and any guy present is usually somebody’s nice boyfriend. So what’s the matter with girls’ dorm masses? And what’s so wildly popular about mass with boys? Judging [...]
Exorcism’s Healing Power
An exorcist describes his ministry Fr. Jeffrey Grob, priest and one of the official exorcists in the Archdiocese of Chicago spoke on “Evil and the Healing Ministry of Exorcism” February 23 at Carey Auditorium. Sponsored by Morrissey Hall and Campus Ministry, Fr. Grob addressed the Catholic Church’s teaching on exorcism and the work of the exorcist. Fr. Jeffrey Grob, exorcist in the [...]
St. Andre Bessette : Humble Door Keeper
At the Center of Ethics and Culture’s 11th annual fall conference, “Younger than Sin: Virtues of Humility, Wonder, and Joy,” Professor Lawrence Cunningham, the John A. O’Brien Chair of Catholic of Theology, spoke of Holy Cross’s first canonized saint in this year’s Jack Schuster Memorial Lecture: “The Humility of the Door Keeper: The Case of Andre Bessette, CSC.” In his [...]