May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.Happy #StPatricksDay ☘️

Since 2018, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot has served as CEO of Feeding America. She has grown the charitable organization—now the largest in the U.S., according to Forbes—and led the team through a number of challenges, including navigating a global pandemic and the ensuing increase in food insecurity.For her work, she is being honored with the 2024 Laetare Medal, considered the most prestigious honor given to an American Catholic.More: https://go.nd.edu/Laetare2024

Meet Alec Koujaian. He works at Menards and likes to play basketball and video games with his dad. He also lives with #NPC.The University of Notre Dame works with rare disease patients like Alec and their families through advocacy, education and research.See more of their story: https://go.nd.edu/f3a206

Meet Alec Koujaian. He works at Menards and likes to play basketball and video games with his dad. He also lives with Niemann-Pick disease type C.NPC is very rare, affecting one in 120,000 people, and death typically occurs before or during adolescence. It's one of 20 rare diseases that the University of Notre Dame's Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases studies and supports.The Boler-Parseghian Center works with families affected by rare diseases to combine studies of patient data and tissue with fundamental biological research in order to better understand disease, identify molecular targets, and develop new diagnostics and treatments. We have active pharmaceutical partnerships to accelerate the discovery and development of drugs and therapies for rare and neglected diseases.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/f3a206

Notre Dame students, faculty and staff were invited to paint portions of a new mural in the Coleman-Morse Center that recognizes Servant of God Theotonius Ganguly, C.S.C., the first person of color from the Congregation of Holy Cross to be put forward for sainthood.The mural was designed by renowned artist Br. Mickey McGrath, OSFS.

Notre Dame's theology chair demonstrates Catholic character in global context.What comes to mind when you think about the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame? Likely, an image of traditional Roman Catholicism. But the church is a global body with diverse traditions and people who lead them. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the life story of the chair of Notre Dame’s Department of Theology, Father Khaled Anatolios.In this episode of Notre Dame Stories we explore one way the University embraces and advances its Catholic character in the global context.------Notre Dame Stories is created by the Office of Public Affairs and Communications. Hosted by Jenna Liberto. Written and produced by Andy Fuller with content coordination from Staci Stickovich. Edited by Michael Wiens and Jessica Sieff with videography by Tony Fuller and Zach Dudka. Original music is by Alex Mansour. Learn more at stories.nd.edu.