Learn more and register here 2025 Catholic Social Tradition Conference Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism March 20-22, 2025 This 2025 CST conference will remember the 60th anniversary of two significant Vatican II texts, Gaudium et spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) and Dignitatis humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom). Released on the final day of Vatican II, these texts together invited serious consideration of the role of the church and other religious communities in relation to the state. This year’s CST conference takes up Vatican II’s invitation to discern “the signs of the times” and to attend to the roles of church and state within civil society with a view toward the common good. These central CST themes warrant further exploration as Christian and other forms of religious nationalism represent a significant sign of the current time in particular national and international contexts. This interdisciplinary conference invites historical, constructive, and comparative approaches as we consider the ecumenical, interfaith, and transdisciplinary challenges of religious nationalism. For example, what is the history of Christian nationalism in the United States and how is it related to similar movements in other parts of the world? What are the scriptural and theological resources available to analyze these expressions of Christian and national identity? To what degree and under what forms are the academy and the Christian churches complicit with the history and recent expressions of white Christian nationalism? What are the possible connections between the reemergence of various forms of religious nationalism with economic changes, poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation? How has the rise of these political ideologies been facilitated by changes in laws and institutional structures? What are the implications of Christian and other forms of religious nationalism for the relationship of religious bodies and the state in civil society? What are the pedagogical challenges across the disciplines in addressing the significance of Christian and religious nationalism? Normatively, what options for constructive engagement and responses emerge from our shared consideration of these questions?

Join the Notre Dame Children's Choirs as we observe this Lenten season in eight liturgies over 25 hours, beginning and ending with Vespers at 6 p.m. with liturgies every three hours (except 6 a.m.). The Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office or the Work of God, is the daily prayer of the Church, marking the hours of the day and sanctifying the day with prayer (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops). The Divine Office is also considered the public service of praise and worship consisting of Psalms, prayers, hymns and readings.St. Joseph Chapel at Holy Cross CollegeOriginally published at sma.nd.edu.

Explore campus and build connection with another student during a shared walk! Each week you may sign up to join a Shared Walk by 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. The next day, Thursday, you will receive an email pairing you with your walking partner. You with both decide on a location and time to meet up on Friday. Discussion guides are provided. Sign up at bit.ly/nd-sharedwalk Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu.

Students, explore campus and build connection with another student during a shared walk! Each week you may sign up to join a shared walk by 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. The next day, Thursday, you will receive an email pairing you with your walking partner. You with both decide on a location and time to meet up on Friday. Discussion guides are provided. Sign up at bit.ly/nd-sharedwalk. Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu.

Innovation in Community Health is presented by Phil Newbold, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Beacon Health. Newbold has more than 50 years of experience as a multi-hospital executive, with 32 years as Chief Executive Officer. He has deep knowledge of executive leadership, innovation implementation, and population/community health initiatives. The Ten Years Hence speaker series explores issues, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade. The theme of the 2025 series is Innovation: The Process of Creation and Renewal. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment. This is one of seven lectures in the Ten Years Hence Lecture Series. See website for details and other lecture dates. Free and open to students, faculty, staff and public.

Tony Alvarez II is co-founder of Alvarez & Marsal—a global consulting firm that provides restructuring, performance improvement, and M&A transaction services. Alvarez has a proven track record as a restructuring and turnaround expert successfully guiding companies through complex financial and operating challenges. Alvarez has successfully led numerous engagements, including Resorts International, Warnaco, Levi Strauss, and Interstate Bakeries. Before co-founding Alvarez & Marsal, Tony spent 12 years at Coopers & Lybrand and two years at Norton Simon. He has an undergraduate degree in finance from De La Salle University in the Philippines and MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business. He serves on the Boards of NYU-Stern, Cancer Research Institute and Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. The Dean’s Speaker Series is sponsored by the Burns Family endowment.

The Notre Dame Glee Club is a 75-voice, all-male choral ensemble at the University of Notre Dame. The performance includes Spanish, Latin American, and North American folk and popular music; German Romantic part songs; and the choral suite Rainbow Round My Shoulder, based on the Alvin Ailey Dance Company ballet. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.