By Caroline de Sury OSV News PARIS — Archbishop Laurent Ulrich found himself taking over the Archdiocese of Paris in the spotlight — three years after the Notre Dame fire, as the world watched the cathedral being rebuilt and as it waits for the work to be completed. “When I was welcomed as archbishop of […]
MOVIE REVIEW | ‘Hesburgh’
An educational look back at tumultuous times By John Mulderig Catholic News Service NEW YORK — There was a time in the 1970s when Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh (1917-2015) seemed to be ubiquitous. Well into his long tenure as president of the University of Notre Dame, Father Hesburgh had by then also been involved […]
St. Louis hosting Notre Dame info night
High school students and their parents are invited to a Notre Dame admission information night at St. Louis School Oct. 18, 6:30-8:30 pm., in the Tseu Presidential Suite next to Mamiya Theatre. Joyce Lantz, University of Notre Dame’s director of recruitment and communications will give the presentation which will include information on the school’s academic, […]
Notre Dame’s Parseghian a supporter of the faith
By Matthew Davis Catholic News Service PAUL, Minn. — Though not a Catholic himself, legendary University of Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian had a notable respect for the school’s Catholic faith as well as the Fighting Irish’s gridiron tradition. “There was always an underlying spirituality to whatever happened at Notre Dame,” Parseghian told the […]
Father Theodore Hesburgh | 1917-2015: Notre Dame president served nation, church, world
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who led the University of Notre Dame through a period of dramatic growth during his 35 years as president and held sway with political and civil rights leaders, died Feb. 26 at the age of 97. As the longest serving president of Notre Dame, from […]
