Abide is for Catholic students, or any student interested in Catholicism, to forge friendships in faith and grow together! Come this coming Wednesday, 8:00 - 9:15 p.m., in the Coleman-Morse Lounge for praise and worship, a witness talk, small group discussions, and fellowship.  We hope you can join us every Wednesday night - same time, same place! For more information, please email Meg Hunter-Kilmer. https://campusministry.nd.edu/calendar/2025/04/23/abide-catholic-community-nights/

Rick Bartow (Wiyot, 1946-2016), Why He Sings, 2004. Pastel and aqueous medium on paper, 24.5 x 39.25 in. Denver Art Museum: William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange, 2005.61. ©Rick Bartow Join The Friends of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art for an immersive journey into Indigenous art, history, and culture! The one-day bus excursion will take us to two exceptional museums in Evanston, IL, the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum and The Block Museum of Art. More information can be found HERE. Register online HERE. Raclin Murphy Museum Member Price: $100Non-Member Price: $125 Price Includes- Round trip transportation (including bus driver gratuity)- Guided tours of Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum (https://gichigamiin-museum.org/) andBlock Museum of Art (https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/)- Snacks and Beverage on Bus Board at 9:00 a.m. and return at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern times)Lunch at Frida's in Evanston (purchase on your own - https://fridasevanston.com/) Dinner will be on your own en route at a Travel Oasis. Deadline to register is April 15. Please enter the number of tickets you are purchasing below in the quantity box. You will choose Member or Non Member and cost will be adjusted accordingly. Register online HERE. https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/visit/events/2025/04/24/from-past-to-present-indigenous-voices-in-art-and-culture/

NDPD's very special Comfort K9, Orla, will be visiting the lounge every Thursday afternoon for pets, treats, cuddles, and play time. Come and spend some time with your new furry friend! Learn more about Orla at https://ndworks.nd.edu/news/meet-orla-notre-dames-first-therapy-and-outreach-dog/.

In conjunction with this year's Kelly Reading Series event, the Creative Writing Program invites you to a very  special conversation between award-winning poet Jericho Brown  and  Notre Dame professors Johannes Göransson and Joyelle McSweeney. A Q&A, book sales, and reception will follow. When: Thursday April 24, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pmWhere:  Sojourner Truth Commons, 300 O'Shaughnessy Hall https://english.nd.edu/news-events/events/2025/04/24/jericho-brown-in-conversation-with-johannes-goransson-and-joyelle-mcsweeney/

In September 2024, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences hosted a conference at the Vatican on the theme of "Sciences for a Sustainable Anthropocene: Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks of Innovations." Invited scientists, scholars, and Church leaders delivered presentations and held discussions that considered the abundant scientific evidence for the human-caused alterations to Earth's natural systems in tandem with the Catholic Church's commitment to stewardship for God's creation as exemplified in Pope Francis's encyclical, Laudato Si' (2015). Among the participants were geologist Francine McCarthy, historian of science Jürgen Renn, and Cardinal Peter Turkson, the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Notre Dame is pleased to continue the conversation with these three major contributors to the Vatican conference at this Keeley Vatican Symposium hosted in partnership with the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. History professors Julia Adeney Thomas and Brad Gregory will join and help lead this conversation at Notre Dame along with: • Cardinal Peter Turkson, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences; • Francine McCarthy, Geologist at Brock University, Canada, whose work is the foundation for the proposed Anthropocene "golden spike"; • Jürgen Renn, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany. Clemens Sedmak, professor of social ethics and director of the Nanovic Institute, will serve as the event's host and moderator. A brief reception will follow. All are invited to attend. https://performingarts.nd.edu/event/18249/keeley-vatican-symposium/

All of the Notre Dame community is invited to come together once again to celebrate sustainability work at Notre Dame, connect with fellow sustainability champions, recognize campus partners, and see what’s on the horizon for campus sustainability! Join us on Thursday, April 24th from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm in the Reyes Family Board Room in McKenna Hall. Formal remarks will begin at 4:30 pm. Drinks and appetizers provided. Registration is not required, but encouraged to help us plan accordingly as we strive to reduce food waste. Register today to let us know you're coming  https://green.nd.edu/events/2025/04/24/2nd-annual-sustainability-celebration/

ArtWords brings together poets from campus and the community to celebrate the beauty and creativity of visual art and the spoken word. The program includes commissioned ekphrastic works and an open mic session (sign-up opens 15 minutes before the program starts). Come to listen. Come to share. Come to be inspired! https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/visit/events/2025/04/24/artwords-2/

Please join us as we celebrate Christ with a Mass and liturgy in Swahili. Guidance in both English and Swahili will be provided. Join us for a social gathering after Mass. Officiant: Fr. Dismas Kimboi from Tanzania For more information or if you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Eva Hoeckner (ehoeckn2@nd.edu). Co-sponsored by Campus Ministry https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/04/24/holy-mass-in-kiswahili-2/

A workshop aimed to help people learn what goes into a good resume and what resources the library has that could help you in the job searching process. There will be extra time for hands-on work. -- https://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/12731958

ND students, drop by to crochet, knit, or embroider and enjoy conversation and community at the McDonald Center. B.Y.O. yarn and supplies or choose from available supplies. All experience levels are welcome. Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu. https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/24/knit-stitch-1/

Join us to practice your French language skills and meet others in our community learning the language! -- https://sjcpl.libnet.info/event/12266912

The Creative Writing Program Reading Series invites you to our inaugural Kelly Community Reading event: An evening with Jericho Brown at the St. Joseph County Public Library. A Q&A and book signing will follow. Books will be available to purchase from Brain Lair Books. When: Thursday April 24, 2025, 7:00pmWhere: St. Joseph County Public Library We also hope you will join us earlier in the day for "Jericho Brown in Conversation with Johannes Göransson and Joyelle McSweeney" at 2:00pm in the Sojourner Truth Commons of Notre Dame's 300 O'Shaughnessy Hall. A dessert and coffee reception will follow. Jericho Brown is the author of three collections of poetry: The Tradition (2019), a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award and the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; The New Testament (Copper Canyon 2014), won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was named one of the best of the year by Library Journal, Coldfront, and the Academy of American Poets; and Please (New Issues, 2008), which won the 2009 American Book Award. He is also the editor of the anthology How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill (Amistad, 2023), and The Selected Shepherd (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024), a new retrospective on the work of the important and sometimes controversial Black, gay poet Reginald Shepherd. https://english.nd.edu/news-events/events/2025/04/24/kelly-community-reading-series-ft-jericho-brown/

In this workshop, we will create a fully functioning Bootstrap website from the ground up. https://www.library.nd.edu/event/creating-a-bootstrap-website-with-bootstraprio-2025-04-25/

This drop-in tour will introduce you to your new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Join a student gallery teacher or a member of the Museum staff to explore the architecture of the building through some of its most unique spaces, revisit familiar favorites from the collection, and discover works of art on view for the first time. Meet at the Welcome Desk. No registration is required, but each tour is limited to twenty participants. This tour will explore all gallery levels of the Museum. Although the tour will keep moving between spaces, gallery stools are available upon request. https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/visit/events/2025/04/25/meet-your-museum-1/

Easter is almost here! Join us on Friday, April 25, 4:30 p.m. at the Grotto where Asian Student Ministry will have a short prayer service reflecting on Christ's Resurrection, the close of the year, and pray for our graduating seniors. We will meet in Coleman-Morse Room 330 around 5:00 p.m. for an Easter meal and fellowship! You are welcome to come to the prayer service and/or dinner as you are able. RSVP here. https://campusministry.nd.edu/calendar/2025/04/25/asian-student-ministry-prayer-service-and-dinner/

The English Conversation Table (ECT -- formerly English Language Table) is a great chance to practice English with both native and non-native speakers and to make some new friends in the process. It is free and open to anyone at Notre Dame. https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/04/25/english-conversation-table-14/

The Labor Café next meets on Friday, April 25, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Geddes Hall Coffee House. The Labor Café convenes the Notre Dame community for casual conversation on contemporary questions about work, workers, and workplaces. What rights and protections should those who work for others have? What’s the proper role for government in the economy? How should we address enduring problems of inequality, poverty, and lack of opportunity? And what does Catholic social tradition have to say about these labor questions? Participants choose the concrete topics, all people are welcome, and all opinions are entertained. https://socialconcerns.nd.edu/event/labor-cafe-april-25-2025/

A round robin conducting recital featuring Concordia Vocal Ensemble.Julia Bezems, Michael Olson, Valentina Varas conductors. INTERMISSION Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Stephen Lancaster, baritoneJoeseph Balistreri, organistConcordia Vocal EnsembleJerry Blackstone, conductor This performance will be live-streamed. The program can be viewed here. Event is free but ticketed and open to the public.Reserved tickets must be claimed 15 minutes prior to the start of the event or unclaimed tickets may be redistributed to other patrons.For tickets call 631-2800 or performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at sacredmusic.nd.edu. https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/04/25/choral-conducting-recital-julia-bezems-michael-olson-valentina-varas-first-year-msm/

Department of Music The Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra and Glee Club come together to present Dmitri Shostakovich's monumental Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar." Set to the searing poetry of Yevgeny Yevtuschenko, this work remains as timely and powerful today as when it was first heard in 1962. Glee Club alumnus Michael Holderer '03 will join the Symphony and Glee Club as bass soloist. The all-Russian program will also include the first movement of Tchaikovsky's masterful Violin Concerto, with NDSO Concerto Competition winner Maya Kvaratskhelia as soloist. Originally published at germanandslavic.nd.edu. https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/04/25/nd-symphony-and-glee-club-shostakovich-babi-yar/

For its spring concert, the NDSO will perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with NDSO Concerto Competition winner Maya Kvaratskhelia and Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 13 “Babi Yar” with the Notre Dame Glee Club and alumnus Michael Holderer. For tickets call 574-631-2800 or performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu. https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/04/25/notre-dame-symphony-orchestra-russian-masterpieces/