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
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.
Amplify your voice Join us in speaking out for Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. open letters Why Our Open Letters Matter At Sycamore Trust, we believe that preserving the faithful Catholic mission
Stop Pornography at Notre Dame Add your Signature Please note: Your name, relation to Notre Dame, and, if applicable, class year will be visible on our signature page. All other
Notre Dame continues to act as a digital pornography distributor to students. Despite student petitions and clear Church teaching, the administration has refused to act—or even explain. This Bulletin lays out the facts and Catholic teaching, and invites readers to join an Open Letter calling on university leadership to end this moral scandal.
Notre Dame has announced an external investigation into allegations that Rev. Thomas King, C.S.C., engaged in sexual misconduct during his tenure as rector of Zahm Hall from 1980 to 1997. The review—led by outside counsel Helen Cantwell—will also scrutinize the university’s response to any prior complaints. The move comes amid renewed public attention to the case through survivor networks and alumni advocacy.
Professor Tamara Kay has left Notre Dame for the University of Pittsburgh after the Indiana courts threw out her lawsuit against The Irish Rover as a meritless attempt to silence free speech. At the same time, Notre Dame’s Law School has surged in national prestige, ranking among the very top in placing graduates in federal clerkships and Supreme Court positions — a success rooted in the school’s fidelity to its Catholic mission. Yet a decades-old exchange between Bill Dempsey and the University’s then–Board Chair foreshadowed Father Jenkins’s eventual accommodation to secular pressures, reminding us that where Notre Dame stands firm in Catholic identity it flourishes, and where it compromises, it fades.
