Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Notre Dame-Michigan and Catholic Education
Notre Dame will play Michigan this Saturday in Ann Arbor in the first-ever night game at Michigan Stadium, the largest football stadium in the world. Why is this pertinent to Catholic legal education? Because both schools were founded by Catholic priests—the University of Michigan by Father Gabriel Richard in 1817 and Notre Dame by Father Edward Sorin in 1842. Both were fascinating figures in their own right--Richard, for example, was the first priest to serve in Congress and published the first newspaper in Detroit. So although I will be cheering for the Fighting Irish (my undergraduate alma mater), I’d like to think that every Notre Dame-Michigan game is a celebration of the role of Catholics in the history of American higher education.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/09/notre-dame-michigan-and-catholic-education.html
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In regards to the role of Catholics in the History of American higher education, let us Pray that Our Lady's University will be a beacon of light that works to foster respect for the sanctity and dignity of every human life as provided for in our Constitution, by illuminating the fact that every human embryo is a son or daughter, and every son or daughter is a person, thus every human individual, from the moment of their Conception, has been endowed by God at the moment of their creation, with their unalienable Right to Life.