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Award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead to visit Notre Dame September 26, 2023 Renowned author Colson Whitehead will visit the University of Notre Dame on Oct. 3 (Tuesday) to deliver the 2023 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture at 5:00 p.m. in the Patricia George Decio Theatre of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.  The annual lecture was created…

Exploring big philosophical questions — from religion to justice to frisbee September 25, 2023 Growing up, Wes Siscoe always had a lot of questions — about God, faith, morality, and the best way to store a frisbee. As a master’s student, his passion for ultimate frisbee inspired him to invent a carry-all for the sport,…

Reflections on teaching at Westville Correctional Facility: ‘One of the most meaningful things I’ve ever done’ September 25, 2023 Each Monday this fall, Notre Dame faculty members Bill and Marie Donahue are commuting to work together — not to the University’s campus, but to Westville Correctional Facility. They drive 45 minutes from South Bend to…

Students respond to the demands of justice through research September 25, 2023 This summer, 200 University of Notre Dame undergraduates worked alongside community partners with support from one of several summer programs at the Center for Social Concerns. The largest two of these programs were NDBridge, supporting 118 rising sophomores, and the center’s Summer Fellowship,…

Five scholars join center for new curricular and research efforts August 17, 2023 Five scholars will join the Center this fall as faculty and research associates. Megan Levis, Ph.D. joins us as an assistant professor of the practice with both the Center and the College of Engineering. Her research is focused on questions about how…

Inaugural commencement celebrated at Indiana Women’s Prison August 17, 2023 This August, 14 women formerly or currently incarcerated at Indiana Women’s Prison received bachelor’s or associate’s degrees through the Women’s College Partnership (WCP), part of the larger Notre Dame Programs for Education in Prison (NDPEP) at the Center. WCP is a college-in-prison partnership between the…

Community collaboration celebrates the past and promises a welcoming future June 20, 2023 Earlier this spring more than 180 people from around South Bend gathered for the groundbreaking of Foundry Field, a public-access baseball field designed to celebrate the Foundry Giants and other underrepresented baseball teams from South Bend’s past.  In the 1920s, the Foundry…

New book series approaches justice questions through Catholic social tradition June 20, 2023 Catholic social teaching is often called the Church’s best kept secret, but a new series of books titled Enacting Catholic Social Tradition is trying to change that.  The series is being written by participants in SPIRE: The Global Catholic Social Tradition Network…

2023 awards honor students committed to the common good June 19, 2023 The center’s annual Senior Send-off Ceremony celebrates the students who have demonstrated a commitment to justice and the common good throughout their time at Notre Dame. At the 2023 ceremony, the center recognized three students in particular with two different awards.  Sr. Thea…

ReSEARCHING for Justice May 8, 2023 This year, the center launched a new fellowship for graduate students from across campus whose scholarship intersected with questions of justice. The diverse group of 14 came from the College of Arts and Letters, College of Engineering, Keogh School of Global Affairs, the Law School, and College of Science. The goal of the fellowship was…