McGrath Institute for Church Life
A Culture of Life in Post-Dobbs America
Join the Notre Dame Office of Life and Human Dignity and the Notre Dame Right to Life Club as they welcome Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, and...
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Renewing the Parish through Eucharistic Reverence: A Retreat Guide for the Parish Staff
This resource from the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy is a template for a day-long retreat in which parish leadership (staff, members of the parish council, etc.) communally assess...
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St. Nicholas of Myra
Gabriel Radle, the Rev. John A. O’Brien Assistant Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, presents the engaging and lively story of the 4th century bishop St....
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Into Life
The Sisters of Life and the McGrath Institute for Church Life teamed up with CampCampo Films to create original 12-part video series Into Life based on the work of the Sisters...
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Saturdays with the Saints
Saturdays with the Saints has established itself as a popular Notre Dame football pregame ritual that combines the university’s rich traditions of Catholic faith and spirited...
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Church Communications Ecology Program discusses “Digital Practice as Liturgy”
Dr. Felicia Wu Song’s keynote lecture at the McGrath Institute’s 2022 Church Communications Ecology Program conference titled, “Digital Practice as Liturgy” examines the...
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The Church Is the Sacrament of the Preferential Option for the Poor
We read, in the entry for October, in Dorothy Day’s On Pilgrimage, that “the stink of the world’s injustice and the world’s indifference is all around us. The smell of...
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Will Russian Nationalism Ultimately Strangle Russian Imperialism?
Russia is undoubtedly a former empire. The most important question today is whether it remains a post-imperium or becomes a neo-imperium. The post-imperial states, like Turkey,...
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Caring for Women and Children: Navigating Medicine, Law, and Policy After Dobbs
The Notre Dame Office of Life and Human Dignity and the University of Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will host a free, three-part webinar series through...
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An Examination of Conscience: Race, the Church, and the Public Square
Join the McGrath Institute for Church Life as Gloria Purvis discusses, “An Examination of Conscience: Race, the Church, and the Public Square.” This event is free and open to...
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Virtual Advent and Christmas Créche Calendar
In 2014, the McGrath Institute for Church Life began partnering with the Marian Library of Dayton, Ohio, bringing to Notre Dame’s campus an exhibit of crèches, or Nativity...
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Racial Justice: Solidarity and the Church’s Call to Action
Gloria Purvis discusses, “Racial Justice: Solidarity and the Church’s Call to Action.” This lecture was recorded in Hesburgh Library on November 16, 2021.
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