Fr. Ted Said… Bridge Builders

Notre Dame Alumni Association

Available on-demand

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Around the world, many observers are concerned about losing a sense of community as fewer and fewer people feel a responsibility to care for others. With a growing and often welcome emphasis on individual rights and freedoms, how should we—individually and collectively—think about our responsibilities to one another? In a world where ideological and cultural divisions seem to have deepened and caused terrible suffering, we are called to build bridges between people to face the challenges of our times. Be inspired by our speaker lineup of alumni and faculty who are bridge builders in a fractured world – just like Fr. Ted.

Notre Dame Reunion showcases the scholarship and thought-leadership that is part of Notre Dame Reunion weekends. Speakers include Notre Dame faculty and alumni, and topics range from the academic to the anecdotal.

Fr. Ted Said: Bridge Builders was recorded on Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 2:00pm – 3:15pm at Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Introduction by: Dolly Duffy ’84,
Executive Director of the Notre Dame Alumni Association

Hosted by: Rev. Austin I. Collins, C.S.C. ’77, Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs, University of Notre Dame

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bohlen ’90, Chief Operating Officer, Archdiocese of Chicago

**David Go** **’01**, Vice President and Associate Provost for Academic Strategy, University of Notre Dame

John Scully ’80, Founder and Consultant, Scully Consulting LLC, and Co-writer and -producer of “Here Come the Irish”

Edward Hahnenberg ’95, ’97 M.A., ’02 Ph.D., Author of Theodore Hesburgh, CSC: Bridge Builder (2020), Breen Chair in Catholic Theology, Chair of the Department of Theology & Religious Studies and Director of the Tuohy Center for Interreligious Understanding, John Carroll University