‘Religion and Ethics’ Archives
Holy Cross brother lectures on the history of Holy Cross College
Holy Cross College (HCC), in collaboration with Holy Cross Village and the Brothers of Holy Cross, hosted an academic symposium entitled, “A Desire to Correspond with the Designs of God: Being and Doing the Brotherhood for the 21st Century.” Held in Driscoll Hall Auditorium, the seminar featured guest speaker Br. Joel Giallanza, CSC, a distinguished author and scholar of the Congregation of [...]
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 [...]
40 Days for Life Vigil kicks off in South Bend
Just outside the University of Notre Dame, the South Bend 40 Days for Life campaign will begin on September 28. The South Bend campaign is part of the largest national pro-life mobilization in America. An annual event, it promotes pro-life efforts at the community level through prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil, and educational outreach. The first 40 Days for Life campaign was staged in [...]
Morrissey rector discusses new Mass translation
This interview is the first in a series of articles which address the third edition of the Roman Missal. This new translation of the Mass will be implemented in the United States on the first Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011. In the following interview, Fr. Ronald Vierling, the rector of Morrissey Manor, to share his thoughts about the translation, particularly from his pastoral [...]
Puncturing the bubble: My conversion at Notre Dame
Soon after stepping onto the campus of Notre Dame, I realized that I was somewhere special. When I transferred into Notre Dame during my junior year, however, I often heard other students describe the campus as a huge “bubble.” Though perplexed at first, I began to understand. The poverty-stricken South Bend felt miles away from the luxurious Notre Dame. Fellow students continued to [...]
University offers freshman seminar on the risks of college life
Freshman orientation offers new Domers a whirlwind of opportunities to make – and awkwardly hang out with – new friends. The social butterflies avail themselves of every chance to add a whole slew of new people to their friends on Facebook, while those of a shyer disposition rejoice in the news that relatively few of the first week’s events are actually mandatory. The relatively limited [...]
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. [...]
Campus-Wide Stations of the Cross: A new ND tradition
Every year, Notre Dame Campus Ministry sponsors Campus-Wide Stations of the Cross, a Notre Dame tradition that goes back nearly 15 years. One of the campus’ most popular Holy Week devotions of Holy Week, it attracts nearly 700 students, who march across the campus - beginning at Bond Hall and ending at the Hesburgh Library. The original devotion of the Stations of the Cross began in [...]
Fr. Frank “Rocky” Hoffman explains Catholic teaching on marriage
Fr. Frank “Rocky” Hoffman recently spoke to students in the Knights of Columbus building about Catholic teaching on marriage. The talk was hosted by Rodzinka, a student group that holds discussions and lectures to promote a positive vision on campus for building healthy relationships, stronger marriages, and stronger families. The evening began with a dinner provided by Rodzinka, followed [...]
20 ND students make pilgrimage to Holy Land for spring break
Notre Dame’s Theology Department and the Office of Campus Ministry took 20 undergraduate students on a Lenten pilgrimage to the Holy Land over spring break. The pilgrimage began at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and ended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. On their travels, the students waded in the Jordan River, watched the sun rise over the Sea of Galilee, and [...]
“Go to Joseph”: St. Joseph as Protector of the Church and Model of the Interior Life
The good news that Brother André Bessette, C.S.C. (1845-1937) was canonized in Rome on 17 October 2010 brought great joy to the Church in Canada and to the campus of Notre Dame, which St. André visited twice. The glad tidings remind all that Brother André dedicated his apostolate to spreading knowledge and love of St. Joseph well beyond Canada, indeed throughout the world. The question [...]
Holy Cross Week 2011 begins on founder’s feast day
Notre Dame’s 2011 Holy Cross week celebration commenced with a Mass offered on the feast of Bl. Basil Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Fr. David Tyson, provincial superior of the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, presided over the liturgy. Basil Moreau was the founder of the Congregation of Holy [...]
ND’s ECHO program: bridging the gap between church and academy
Professor John Cavadini recently delivered a lecture on “Bridging the gap between the Church and the Academy” to a packed Geddes Hall Chapel. He focused his discussion mainly on a Notre Dame program with the potential to reduce this gap: the ECHO Faith Formation Leadership Program. First, Cavadini expounded on the nature of catechesis. He stated that catechesis is essentially the [...]
Silent No More Campaign Speakers Share Women’s Experiences with Abortion
To conclude its annual Week for Life, Notre Dame’s Right to Life club invited the Silent No More Awareness Campaign to campus to allow women who have had abortions to speak with students. The campaign, a project of Anglicans for Life and Priests for Life, provides a forum for women who regret having an abortion to share their experiences with the public. The [...]
100 Years after What Went Wrong with the World: Ahlquist honors G.K. Chesterton
The president of the American Chesterton Society, Dale Ahlquist, began his presentation on October 11 with a warning. He admonished that he would speak of “controversial things in honor of Gilbert K. Chesterton’s visit to campus 80 years ago, and the 100th anniversary of his book What’s Wrong With the World.” A well-known speaker and writer on G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton, Ahlquist [...]