The Signs of the Times
The Signs of the Times Podcast presented by the Center of Social Concerns discusses principles of human dignity, solidarity with the marginalized, and the common good as they relate to current events.
Improving Access to Dental Care with Community-Based Solutions
Roslyn Joseph is a senior at Notre Dame, a science-business major and poverty studies minor, and has taken many of the Center for Social Concerns courses throughout her...
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Empowering Marginalized Voices in Politics
We’re joined today by Prathm Juneja, a senior at Notre Dame studying political science and computer science, and recent recipient of a Truman scholarship. Prathm realized he had...
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Accompaniment at the Border
Sarah is a liberal studies major at the University of Notre Dame and hails from nearby Mishawaka, IN. Throughout her four years at Notre Dame she took part in much of the...
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Challenges to Poverty Eradication and Insights from CST
Charley Clark is a professor of economics and finance from St. John’s University who joined us at the recent Catholic Social Tradition Conference hosted by the Center for Social...
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Bridge Across Continents in Fellowship with the Poor
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. is the Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar and joined us at the recent Catholic Social Tradition Conference hosted by the Center for Social Concerns...
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From ‘Option for the Poor’ to Option By the Poor: Flint’s Water and the Problem of Political Will
Lack of political will can be seen when a moral truth about social justic is clear and persuasive, but people fail to take action because they are not invested. Lisa Sowle Cahill,...
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Community Health Care in Pursuit of the Common Good
Dr. James Gingerich is a family medicine doctor in Goshen, Indiana. James says he didn’t go to medical school to become a doctor, he went because he is passionate about...
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On What Grounds Can a Wage be Just or Unjust?
Dan Graff, Ph.D., the Director of the Higgins Labor Program at the Center, joins us today to discuss the question, on what grounds can a wage be just or unjust? It’s a question...
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Human Dignity, Refugees, and People on the Move
Clemens Sedmak, Ph.D. joins us on the Signs of the Times podcast today to discuss a question he’s been wrestling with, “what is the relationship between human dignity,...
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Fighting for the Forgotten, the Struggle for Farmworker Justice
Melody Gonzalez, a 2005 Notre Dame graduate, was born in Santa Ana, CA and is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Melody’s father and grandfather were farmworkers in Mexico and...
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Embracing Encounter as Lifelong Ministry
Ralph McCloud is the current director of the National Catholic Campaign for Human Development. He shares that moving to the margins requires leaving our creature comforts and...
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From Male Modeling to Sustainable Social Enterprise
Chris Yura, a 2003 graduate of Notre Dame, took a different path to social enterprise than most. He was scouted to be a fashion model after playing football for Notre Dame leading...
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