Notre Dame's Creative Writing Program invites you to celebrating the work of our graduating second-year MFA students! Readers will include Isabel Boutiette, Ivy Braxton Harrington, Makella Brems, Samuel Ekanem, Emiliano Gomez, Camille Lendor, Noah Loveless, Oli Peters, Ryan Phung, Kyla D. Walker, and Sachie Weber. A coffee and dessert reception will follow. This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show, at which point your unclaimed tickets may be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office beginning one hour prior to the performance. https://performingarts.nd.edu/event/18131/2025-mfa-in-creative-writing-final-thesis-reading/

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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/2025/04/16/abide-catholic-community-nights/

This year, you're invited to enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery and unpack Notre Dame’s Triduum liturgy with a community of fellow students. Paschal Watch is an on-campus retreat that takes place in two-three hour blocks each day beginning the evening of Holy Thursday, April 17 and ending with a meal on Easter Monday, April 21.  Find more information and sign-up here. Contact Emma Marsden with questions. https://campusministry.nd.edu/calendar/2025/04/17/paschal-watch-retreat/

The assault on Colombia’s Palace of Justice, the judicial branch’s headquarters, took place on Nov. 6, 1985, when 35 commandos of the M-19 guerrilla movement violently entered the building in downtown Bogotá. Their alleged purpose was to demand that the Supreme Court invoke a public trial of then-president Belisario Betancur. In their words, Betancur “betray[ed] a national desire to end the war through negotiations and public participation,” which was agreed upon with the signing of a ceasefire and the establishment of a national dialogue on Aug. 24, 1984. Within minutes Armed Forces reacted with a deployment of about 5,000 army and police members with heavy weaponry. According to the Truth Commission's report a massacre took place resulting in the estimated loss of at least 100 lives, the disappearance of 11 people, and the torture of several more at the hands of these security forces. In this lecture, Helena Urán Bidegain will focus on the question, “Why have the wounds caused by the attack on the Palace of Justice in Colombia not yet healed?” Her research contributes to the debate over how official and alternative narratives influence the recognition of victims and transitional justice in Colombia. Panelists:  Helena Urán Bidegain, serves as an advisor for the Comprehensive System of Peace on measures for non-repetition. Her professional background includes working as a ministerial advisor at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a researcher at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund on peace-related issues, and a parliamentary advisor on foreign policy (Latin America) in the German Bundestag, among others. She is the author of the book, "Mi Vida y el Palacio" (2020), a political-autobiographical account and investigation into the worst institutional tragedy of political violence in Colombia’s history. She has also contributed as a columnist for Revista Cambio, El Espectador, and ElDiario.es. Salina Kafle, Notre Dame human rights L.L.M. student Monica Nuño Nuño, Notre Dame human rights L.L.M. student Josefina Echavarría Álvarez, professor of the practice and director of the Peace Accords Matrix https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/17/fire-amnesty-erasure-and-memory-the-battle-over-the-narrative-of-the-palace-of-justice-siege-in-colombia/