Notre Dame Magazine

06/03/2026

“A believer might fancy that the Holy Spirit had delivered these words. I didn’t know what I believed anymore, but I hadn’t yet given up.”

Illustration by Joe Anderson Bernini’s pachyderm made it look effortless to…

06/01/2026

A quaint phrase from the founding era offers a prescient admonition against hyperpartisanship. Robert Schmuhl ’70 on “the mischiefs of faction.”

Madison’s quaint phrase from the founding era offers a prescient admonition against hyperpartisanship.

05/29/2026

Photo of the Week: Hoofing It
📸: Michael Caterina

05/28/2026

Faith in the American experiment persists, despite widespread anti-Catholic bias among those who enshrined freedom of religion:

Faith in the American experiment persists, despite widespread anti-Catholic bias among those who enshrined freedom of religion.

05/27/2026

“Was I hallucinating? Did that 12-year-old just pocket the body of Christ? For a second, the teacher in me thought, Oh no. The troublemaker in me thought, Oh yes. But Sister Yolanda’s hawk eyes had also spotted Henry mid-strum.”

When I was 25, I took a teaching job at a small Catholic school in a beautiful mountain town in northern Arizona. I was in charge of the sixth-grade homeroom — “home” for a year to a motley band of 12-year-olds. Educator and author Harry Wong had mapped it all out in his book that was like…

05/26/2026

This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, read about Notre Dame’s first Asian graduates, who earned their degrees 120 years ago:

Asian Pacific Alumni of Notre Dame

Notre Dame’s first Asian graduates earned their degrees 120 years ago.

05/26/2026

In Medora, Indiana, a remote town of 650 people, Notre Dame's Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program opens a door to a world of opportunities for students in the tiny local school, Abigail Pesta ’91 reports:

How a Notre Dame initiative helps a tiny Indiana school advance its students’ aspirations

05/22/2026

Photo of the Week: An Irish Goodbye
📸: Michael Caterina

05/21/2026

“America is at a crossroads. We risk undoing 300 years of development.”

Read the story:

As I carry my passport for proof of citizenship, I fear we’re squandering our national inheritance.

05/21/2026

It's time, ND young alumni! Get thinking and writing, then send us your essays. You have all summer to perfect your prose. The deadline for submissions is midnight on Monday, September 7, and yes — there's a cash prize!

Full details here:

Notre Dame Magazine’s 14th annual Young Alumni Essay Contest is accepting submissions. The magazine’s editors, who will judge entries for the 2026 Schaal Prize — named in honor of the contest’s founder, retired managing editor Carol Schaal ’91M.A. — are looking for original creative…