The “First Anti-Catholic ‘Catholic’ President” and Notre Dame
The transmogrification of Joe Biden from a defender of Catholic Church teachings to our “first anti-Catholic ‘Catholic’ president,” in the words of Catholic author and commentator Dr. Robert Royal, spells big trouble for the Church, persons of conscience, and the innocent unborn and their defenders. In this Bulletin, we trace Biden’s metamorphosis, describe how his […]
Students Leftward Ho! and Jenkinsgate
We pick up where we left off before the holidays in chronicling events involving politics and public figures bearing on Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. In our last bulletin we described administration and faculty pro-Biden partisanship and faculty opposition to Judge Amy Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination. We now report more developments along these lines together with a […]
Notre Dame Day 2020
Vote for Catholic Identity In case you haven’t heard, the 29-hour giveathon — Notre Dame Day — begins Monday, October 26 at 6:42 pm ET. But there’s no need to wait for the broadcast to make your donation. The site is open now and closes a little after midnight Tuesday, October 27. Be as generous as you […]
Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Lou Holtz, Amy Barrett, and Father Jenkins
In this bulletin we report on recent developments bearing on the appointment of Pete Buttigeig to the Notre Dame faculty; the reproof by Fr. Jenkins of Lou Holtz for his criticism of Joe Biden; voter education on campus; and a divided Notre Dame faculty on the Barrett nomination. And we propose again for your signature […]
Thanksgiving for Barrett’s Nomination
Bearing Faithful Witness Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 […]
Father Jenkins, Lou Holtz, & Joe Biden
Strange Happenings in Father Jenkins’s Office There have been strange and revelatory happenings in the President’s Office at Notre Dame during the political conventions just ended. Pete Buttigeig First, as we noted in our last bulletin, during the Democratic convention Pete Buttigeig, a newly appointed Notre Dame Faculty Fellow, pressed the case for Joe Biden and […]
Mayor Pete, Notre Dame, and the Church
Mayor Pete, Notre Dame, and the Church In late June, Notre Dame announced that Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend and erstwhile Democratic presidential candidate, would join the faculty as a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study. With the permission of First Things in which it first appeared, we reprint below a standout article […]
The New York Times and Notre Dame
As we reported last year, at the instance of student government Notre Dame is providing every student a free online subscription to the New York Times, and only the New York Times. This is a major departure from a prior program under which free copies of both the Times and the Wall Street Journal were available […]
Drowning in BS
Introduction We reproduce below a searing indictment of American higher education by Dr. Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame. During his time at Notre Dame since 2006 and before that at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Smith has become one of the nation’s foremost and most […]
Civil Discourse Double Standard
Introduction After its utter silence in response to a horrific poster and video attacking faithfully Catholic members of the university this past fall, the Notre Dame administration responded to an incident of racist hate speech with remarkable swiftness. This stark contrast unveils the disappointing double standard the university follows when it comes to defending civil […]
