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Ralph McInerny and the Tragedy of Notre Dame
In late February, Professor Marjorie Garber of Harvard came to the University of Notre Dame as the Provost's Distinguished Lecturer for 2009-2010. Among other engagements, she spoke to a class
Robert Charles Susil, 1974-2010
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The Lessons of Jean-Marie Lustiger
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George and Betsy, Sixty Years Later
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Saint Jeanne Jugan
During the brutally hot summer of 2003, thousands of French vacationers remained on holiday rather than returning home to bury their recently deceased parents, who had died from the extraordinary
Irving Kristol, Catholic Social Ethicist?
Several years ago, after Irving Kristol had had a cancerous lung removed, Father Richard John Neuhaus visited him in the hospital. After they chatted briefly, Father Neuhaus, at the door
The Death of Edward Kennedy and the End of an Era
The public accomplishments of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who died on August 25, will be discussed and debated for years, and perhaps decades. He was the only one of the
The Remarkable Rose Hawthorne
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Flannery O’Connor’s Wingless Chickens
About two-thirds of the way through Brad Gooch’s highly acclaimed new book, Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor, I got the gnawing feeling that something was missing — even as
In Memory of Ernest W. Lefever
***A memorial service for Dr. Lefever will take place on Saturday, August 22, at 3 p.m., at St. Columba Church, 4201 Albemarle Street N.W., Washington, D.C. *** Ernest Warren Lefever was a man
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