Facilities & Parking
Building Hours
Academic Year
Sunday: Closed
Monday – Thursday: 7:30am – 10:00pm
Friday: 7:30am – 7:00pm
Saturday: Closed
To view the building hours during academic breaks, University observed holidays, and any other exceptions, click the button above.
Room Reservations
Geddes Hall Donors
Michael and Sheila Geddes, and Thomas and Mary Cabot donated $14 million to build Geddes Hall. Gifts from many other generous benefactors helped complete and equip many of the public spaces inside the building.
Geddes Hall History
Geddes Hall was the first completed structure designed for compliance with official “green building” certification standards. Opened in 2009, this is the home of the Institute for Social Concerns, McGrath Institute for Church Life, and Notre Dame’s other prominent initiatives and programs serving the Church and embodying Catholic social tradition locally and globally.
The Institute for Social Concerns’ ability to achieve its mission is facilitated immeasurably by the building in which the Institute is housed, the working space which it provides, and the variety of equipment at its disposal.
The Institute attempts to reflect a spirit of generosity and hospitality by sharing many of its material resources with its constituents, symbolic of the collaborative manner in which the Institute aims to realize its mission. The Coffee House is a place to relax, socialize, and discuss issues and programs.
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Style
Many elements from the Arts and Crafts movement and Mission style are used throughout the building to convey simplicity, warmth, and welcome to students, faculty, staff, and members of the local community.
Theme
The Scripture passage “God is Love” (1 Jn. 4.16) inscribed over the main entryway provides a vision that binds all the programming of Geddes Hall together: the ministry of the Word, the ministry of the sacraments, and the ministry of service. Proclaiming the Word, the Church proclaims the love of God. Celebrating the sacraments, the Church is formed in the love of God. Serving the poor and others in need, the Church lives out the love of God.
Current Occupants
Institute for Social Concerns
McGrath Institute for Church Life
Catholic Social Tradition Minor
Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
Jacques Maritain Center
Parking
Most B parking lots (the lots closest to Geddes Hall) open after 4:00pm. More information about Visitor & Guest Parking can be found at this link.