Office for University Life Initiatives Established in direct response to the furor surrounding Obama's visit, this office aims to "strengthen the Notre Dame community's witness to Catholic teaching on life." Basically, it's a PR resource that collects info on Notre Dame's pro-life policies and events-- which are substantial. (Check out the sidebar.)
The Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life A Master's program in pro-life studies is in the works (see Project Guadalupe). Meanwhile, the Vita Institute trains pro-life advocates-- and a recent program graduate now leads the March for Life in Washington, D.C.! Real work with real impact.
University Faculty for Life at Notre Dame ND's chapter of the national organization
Notre Dame Right to Life The student group, more active (and better-funded) than ever! Check out their newsletter.
The Irish Rover ("It behooves a watchdog to bark. Good Rover") An alternative to The Observer, this independent student publication seeks to preserve and foster a conservative Catholic culture at Notre Dame. Click on this link, if on nothing else: Aren't they doing a fantastic job?
The Sycamore Trust This vocal alumni group opposes Notre Dame's ongoing secularization. Please consider donating!
Children of Mary Notre Dame's Traditional Catholic community, celebrating the Tridentine Mass every Sunday at 9AM in Alumni Hall chapel
Notre Dame is not yet lost. Instead of bewailing its failures, why not make an effort to reinforce Catholic identity at this, our nation's most prominent and influential Catholic university? If you'd like to see change at Notre Dame, please promote change! Support the above efforts. Write to Fr. Jenkins. Otherwise (sorry), your complaints are only mean-spirited.
Notre Dame is not yet lost. Instead of bewailing its failures, why not make an effort to reinforce Catholic identity at this, our nation's most prominent and influential Catholic university? If you'd like to see change at Notre Dame, please promote change! Support the above efforts. Write to Fr. Jenkins. Otherwise (sorry), your complaints are only mean-spirited.
I close this post to comments, lest it become just another unproductive battleground between Notre Dame's love/hate camps. Facebook has emotionally exhausted me...
(Full disclosure: I'm a Notre Dame alumna, and it was my overwhelmingly positive experience there-- the people, the liturgy, the atmosphere, the people-- that set the course of my spiritual life. Really.)
(Full disclosure: I'm a Notre Dame alumna, and it was my overwhelmingly positive experience there-- the people, the liturgy, the atmosphere, the people-- that set the course of my spiritual life. Really.)
