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Associate editor, Notre Dame Magazine
South Bend, Ind. -- Covering news at the University of Notre Dame. Reading recommendations, local history alerts and more.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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As the end of the year approaches, Notre Dame Magazine takes a look at our most read and viewed online stories and photos for 2025.
All remain available at magazine.nd.edu.

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The Recap:
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Its idolatrous endgame of trying to create a pure society of citizens against invaders directly offends God and the humans whose dignity and freedom comes from the Creator's image."

By David Lantigua '12PhD, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame:

www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
For Catholics, mass deportations are immoral
A robust pastoral plan across the country that recognizes Christ in the migrant is needed urgently for the even darker days ahead.
www.ncronline.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"That’s the thing—I’m never really alone when I cook. The slow rhythm of chopping and stirring opens space for memory. The aroma rising from the pot makes the past present again."

By Dan Driscoll '97M.Div., rector of Sorin Hall:

www.wvpe.org/commentary/2...
Michiana Chronicles: Spaghetti and memory
Dan Driscoll says cooking aromas remind him of people and places past and present.
www.wvpe.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Photo of the Week: Sweetest Sight on Campus

By Michael Caterina:

magazine.nd.edu/stories/swee...
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As the end of the year approaches, Notre Dame Magazine takes a look at our most read and viewed online stories and photos for 2025.
All remain available at magazine.nd.edu.

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The Recap:
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Ann Hermes spent six years photographing American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action. See her images. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YCzYut
The Offices Only a Newsperson Could Love
Ann Hermes spent six years documenting American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Pope Leo XIV's childhood home just outside of Chicago has been declared a historic landmark.
Pope Leo's childhood home in Chicago suburb now a historic landmark
Pope Leo XIV's childhood home just outside of Chicago has been declared a historic landmark.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Recognizing Christ in the vulnerable"

Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, CSC, celebrates Mass for immigrants and immigration reform:

news.nd.edu/news/recogni...
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
An updated Leprechaun logo. Rockne's sweatshirt. A new allergen-free campus kitchen. Moreau Seminary gets refreshed. Two ND retirees/alums complete a century of service to the University.

Read all about it, in Campus Notebook:

magazine.nd.edu/stories/note...
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ICYMI:
Speaking at Notre Dame, Bishop Kevin Rhoades urges a compassionate approach to immigration policy:

magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-...
The Gist: A Call for Compassion | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame
Bishop Rhoades highlights religious liberty concerns as immigration policies shift
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December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"We have some student-athletes across the country that are making a lot more than the faculty members. It’s a challenge that I think we have to really wrestle with."

An interview with Bubba Cunningham, ND '84, '88MBA, AD at North Carolina since 2011:

businessnc.com/power-list-i...
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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SYSTEM SNOW TOTALS: Here is a look at the widespread snow totals for the *system* snow that impacted the area much of Saturday. This does NOT include the lake effect that is coming down now (and will intensify later today).
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Stern had a close professional relationship w/ @notredame.bsky.social. He was the 2011 recipient of the Driehaus Prize. His firm, meanwhile, designed the Stayer Center, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, and the reimagined Main Circle on campus. @ndschoolofarch.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today’s view:

Where Father Edward Sorin founded his university #OTD in 1842.

#NotreDame #FoundersDay
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On this date 183 years ago, Father Edward Sorin arrived on the bank of twin lakes in northern Indiana and founded what became the University of Notre Dame.

His journey here was quite a saga.

By Jason Kelly '95:

magazine.nd.edu/stories/en-r...

#NotreDame #FounderDay
En Route | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame
The saga of Father Edward Sorin's journey from France across the American frontier to the place called Sainte-Marie-des-Lacs.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thanksgiving dinner menu at Notre Dame in November 1941

From the ND Scholastic, via Notre Dame Archives:
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Pope Leo told U.S. teens not to categorize faith by politics: “The church doesn’t belong to any political party.” He called young Catholics “the present of the church” and urged them to be “peacemakers” in a polarized culture.
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/a...
AI, partisanship and friendship: Pope Leo’s big messages to America’s Catholic youth
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Speaking to 16,000 teens, Pope Leo warned not to outsource thinking to AI. 'Don’t ask it to do your homework,' he said.
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It was only around the turn of the 20th century that most people in the U.S. came to associate Thanksgiving with Plymouth “Pilgrims” and generic “Indians” sharing a historic meal.

By Thomas Tweed, a Notre Dame professor emeritus:

religionnews.com/2025/11/17/h...
How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind
(The Conversation) — In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"There are some who are so taken by the ideology of the left or the right that what the Church says is secondary to their ideology." -- Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese, speaking recently at Notre Dame

By Michelle Cuneo:

magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-...
The Gist: A Call for Compassion | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame
Bishop Rhoades highlights religious liberty concerns as immigration policies shift
magazine.nd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The history of radiation research at Notre Dame:

research.nd.edu/news-and-eve...
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today's view:

The Radiation Research building at Notre Dame

Built in 1963, funded by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Jeremiyah Love met fans and offered free signings for his comic book, "Jeremonstar."
It's an anime-inspired sports comic, and it follows a superpowered athlete, modeled after Love himself.

wsbt.com/news/local/n...
Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love draws fans with comic signing in Mishawaka
New at 6: A busy day on the field yesterday... And another busy day today... But this time its for his new book.
wsbt.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM