Notre Dame’s Betrayal Of Its Catholic Soul

Notre Dame’s Betrayal Of Its Catholic Soul

Controversy has engulfed the campus of the University of Notre Dame as the school considered appointing Associate Professor Susan Ostermann, who is pro-abortion, as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies in early January. The choice by Notre Dame, where the motto “God, Country, Notre Dame” once echoed with unyielding fidelity to the Church’s teachings, reveals a profound lapse in judgment that strikes at the heart of the univer…

Students for Notre Dame

As I walked out of class Thursday morning, the day before the planned student-led “March on the Dome,” I received a text from one of my friends. It was a tweet from The Observer, one of Notre Dame’s campus newspapers, announcing that Susan Ostermann had declined her appointment as director of the Liu Institute. After weeks of outrage, the scandal had reached its conclusion. In light of this, students changed their plans from protest to prayer.  …