We bring you a trilogy of articles that should be required reading for all members of the Notre Dame family. In these articles, two of the University’s leading scholars exchange
NOTRE DAME, IN – Faculty group website recommends pro-abortion organizations, urges more lesbian and homosexual faculty, and provides other noteworthy insights. An organization of women faculty at Notre Dame called ND
Faculty Hiring Trends Hard to Reverse To supporters of, and those interested in, Project Sycamore: We are encouraged by the response so far to our limited initial communication. We want
Students across Notre Dame are organizing a peaceful “March on the Dome” in response to the appointment of a pro-abortion professor to lead the Liu Institute. Supported by Bishop Kevin Rhoades and joined by a growing national chorus of bishops, the movement seeks to defend the University’s Catholic identity and pro-life commitments.
An open letter to Notre Dame President Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., supporting Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades’s call to rescind Susan Ostermann’s appointment as Director of the Liu Institute. Signatories include alumni, parents, students, and friends concerned about Notre Dame’s Catholic identity.
An open letter to Notre Dame President Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., supporting Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades’s call to rescind Susan Ostermann’s appointment as Director of the Liu Institute. Signatories include alumni, parents, students, and friends concerned about Notre Dame’s Catholic identity.
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades has called upon Notre Dame’s leadership to reverse the appointment of Associate Professor Susan Ostermann as director of the Liu Institute, citing her public advocacy for abortion and the scandal caused to the faithful. As the bishop of the diocese that includes Notre Dame, he bears responsibility for safeguarding its Catholic identity — and in this case, he has spoken with clarity and resolve.
Last month, the University announced the appointment of Associate Professor Susan Ostermann as Director of the Keough School’s Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies. Ostermann is a frequent and full-throated advocate of abortion. Her elevation to a position of prominence and influence is a scandal of the first order and, since the issue of abortion looms especially large in Asian countries within the Institute’s purview, a subversion of the University’s mission to seek the truth.
A follow-up to our earlier reporting on Notre Dame’s staff mission controversy, this bulletin features The Irish Rover’s editorial response. Editor-in-chief Lucy Spence explains why restoring mission language is insufficient when institutional actions continue to undermine Catholic identity.
Notre Dame quietly removed the call for staff to support its Catholic mission from its official Values statement—then offered a weak substitute after backlash. In this Bulletin, we expose the implications for the University’s Catholic identity and the troubling signs of deepening secularization.
