Category Archives: Notre Dame

ND Student Tells How Pre-Class Prayer Aided His Conversion

May 4, 2012 – 10:31 am

Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School Professor Rick Garnett recently wrote at the blog Mirror of Justice that a student of his recently converted to Catholicism. That student has some advice for Catholic professors — start your class with a prayer. As students, we rarely get moments [...]

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113 Notre Dame Faculty Sign Letter Urging University to Bow to LGBTQ Demands

May 2, 2012 – 10:18 am

Last week, the University of Notre Dame announced it would not add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination clause. The decision was reportedly a “collective decision” made by top Notre Dame administrators, including Fr. John I. Jenkins, Notre Dame’s president. That announcement sparked a number of protests including a student led vigil, a number of professors speaking out, [...]

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Prof Wants Notre Dame Response to Article Claiming ‘Discrimination Against Non-Heterosexual Employees’

May 1, 2012 – 11:42 am

In a column for the student newspaper The Observer, a University of Notre Dame professor argued that workplace discrimination “against non-heterosexual employees is a fact of life” at Notre Dame. Julia Marvin, an associate professor in the Liberal Studies Program at Notre Dame, discusses providing benefits to employees in same-sex relationships and suggests the University is [...]

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Gay Profs at Notre Dame Speak Out About “Invisible Discrimination.”

May 1, 2012 – 11:20 am

Three homosexual professors at the University of Notre Dame are reportedly saying the Catholic university isn’t doing enough to be inclusive to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community. Recently, the University announced it would not add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination clause despite pressure from some student groups and faculty. In protest of that [...]

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Obama’s Concept of ‘Common Ground’ Leads to Persecution, Says Christendom Board Member

May 1, 2012 – 9:56 am

When President Obama was honored and delivered the 2009 commencement speech at Notre Dame–despite opposition from 83 bishops and 367,000 individuals led by The Cardinal Newman Society–he proposed honoring conscience and drafting “a sensible conscience clause.”  The Obama administration’s assault on religious liberty over the past year has caused some to recall the president’s words [...]

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Fr. Miscamble on Notre Dame Profs Who ‘Disgracefully Misused Bishop Jenky’s Words’

April 27, 2012 – 12:59 pm

In an interview with The National Catholic Register‘s John Burger, Notre Dame professor and Holy Cross priest Fr. Wilson Miscamble argued that the recent criticism of Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky from 49 Notre Dame professors has been unfair and disgraceful. During Sunday Mass last week, Bishop Jenky said: Hitler and Stalin, at their better moments, would just [...]

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Notre Dame Commencement Speaker, AIDS Partnership at Odds with Vatican, Bishops

April 25, 2012 – 1:20 pm

The University of Notre Dame made two major announcements Monday that put the University at odds with Pope Benedict XVI on the promotion of condoms to prevent AIDS—even as the U.S. bishops fight to defend Catholic colleges’ First Amendment right to uphold Catholic teaching on contraception. The University also has reignited concerns about its standards [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Abuse, Contraception, The Bishops | Comments Off

Notre Dame Women’s Lacrosse Funds Local Komen Branch

April 24, 2012 – 11:12 am

The University of Notre Dame is publicizing news that its women’s lacrosse team is set to hold the second annual “Lax for the Cure” game later this month.  According to the release, the team raised more than $6,000 for Susan G. Komen of Northern Indiana in 2011. As has been widely reported, Susan G. Komen [...]

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49 Notre Dame Professors, Staff Protest Alumnus and Board Member Bishop Jenky

April 23, 2012 – 1:30 pm

Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky preached during Sunday Mass last week that the Obama Administration’s egregious violations of religious liberty are “following a similar path” to the anti-religion campaigns of Hitler and Stalin. Now, The Huffington Post reports, 49 professors and staff employees of the University of Notre Dame have drawn up a petition calling for the resignation of Bishop Jenky from [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

Report: Notre Dame Refers Problem Professors as Experts on Church Teaching to Media

April 20, 2012 – 4:18 pm

Yesterday, The Irish Rover reported that the University of Notre Dame is promoting two problematic Catholic professors as experts to the mainstream media on issues related to Church teaching. And Notre Dame reportedly didn’t have a dilemma with that.  When the Rover asked University spokesman Dennis Brown why Notre Dame refers problematic professors to the media, he [...]

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Following CNS Report on Immoral Internships, Notre Dame Acknowledges ‘Comprehensive Review’

April 18, 2012 – 3:16 pm

The National Catholic Register is reporting that, following a news report by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) that the University of Notre Dame has paid expenses for students interning at groups that advocate abortion rights and same-sex marriage, Notre Dame has said it will be reviewing its internships. On April 2, CNS issued a post noting how [...]

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Notre Dame Awards Grants for Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay Marriage Internships

April 2, 2012 – 3:27 pm

A grant program at the University of Notre Dame has paid expenses for students interning at organizations that advocate abortion rights and same-sex marriage. The Gender Studies Program at Notre Dame offers competitive grants through its Boehnen Fund for Excellence in Gender Studies to undergraduate students who have secured unpaid summer internships to “gain valuable [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Abuse | Comments Off

ND Right to Life Hosts Panel on HHS Mandate

March 26, 2012 – 3:00 pm

The new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requirement that most employers provide free coverage of contraceptives and sterilization to their employees through health insurance plans will be the subject of a panel discussion that is open to the public Tuesday night at the University of Notre Dame. The discussion, sponsored by Notre Dame [...]

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Notre Dame Links to Pro-Abortion Sites for Internships

March 21, 2012 – 10:22 am

The University of Notre Dame website links to several prominent pro-abortion organizations under the banner “Summer Internship Opportunities.” First reported by TFP Student Action, the Notre Dame page boasts that “Our majors have interned at the following organizations.” That list includes the pro-abortion PAC Emily’s List, the Feminist Majority Foundation which labels as part of [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Abortion, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Notre Dame’s Missed Opportunity

March 14, 2012 – 8:19 am

It may come as little surprise that Cathleen Kaveny, Professor of Law and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, is featured prominently on the university’s News page as an “expert” to be contacted by the media. The site says Kaveny is “particularly interested in the function of religious discourse in the public square.” And [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Contraception, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized | Comments (6)
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