Topic: University Of Notre Dame

Mary Ann Glendon

Mary Ann Glendon is a professor at Harvard University Law School who was ambassador to The Vatican for President George W. Bush between 2001 and 2009. On April 27 , 2009, she told the University of Notre Dame that she wouldn't accept ...
spent a lot of time watching news coverage of President Obama's recent speech at Notre Dame. Along with so many other Catholics, I found it profoundly disturbing that President Obama was not only invited to speak at a Catholic university but that ...

President Obama Speaks at Notre Dame

President Obama's invitation to speak at Notre Dame's graduation was full of controversy, but he officially gave the university's commencement address on Sunday, May 17. Both a video and transcript are available at The Huffington Post.
One element of President Barack Obama's commencement address at the University of Notre Dame (full text here) deserves consideration on its own. Having redefined faith (without apparently raising any warning flags among the Catholics in his audience), President Obama then draws erroneous ...
GOP Chairman Michael Steele calls 'inappropriate' an honorary degree for Obama at Notre DameThe chairman of the Republican Party says the University of Notre Dame should not award an honorary degree to President Barack Obama.GOP Chairman Michael Steele says Notre Dame is ...

Fr. Jenkins Letter to the Graduates

In All Things has received a copy of a letter sent by Father John Jenkins, C.S.C., the President of Notre Dame, to this year's graduating class. I am grateful for the opportunity I had to learn with you, come to know you, ...
Bishop John M. D'Arcy of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in which the University of Notre Dame is located, has released a statement on the university's decision to honor President Obama by granting him an honorary law degree and inviting him ...
The University of Notre Dame, widely regarded as the most prestigious Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, has invited President Barack Obama to receive an honorary law degree and to be its 2009 commencement speaker. From the repeal of ...