Don’t Be Fooled: Notre Dame’s About-Face Isn’t a Return to Faith, by John Mac Ghlionn

In 1842, when Fr. Edward Sorin stepped onto the cold Indiana prairie, he set out to build a Catholic university that would shape saints, sharpen minds, and send out citizens anchored in faith. The place was small, the winters brutal, and the resources thin. But Sorin insisted that Notre Dame would shine as a “powerful means for good,” a clear expression of Catholic identity in a country that often misunderstood the Church.

For generations, that promise held. Parents sent their children there expecting more than lectures and degrees. They expected a formation, a moral compass, and an encounter with something higher than ambition. …

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