Category Archives: Catholic History

Rev. Edward Sorin Lost at Sea

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Notre Dame Archives

On a beautiful November 13, 1875, the steamship L’Amerique left New York and set sail for Le Havre, France.  Aboard were Rev. Edward Sorin, making one of his many journeys between America and Europe, and Catholic artist Miss Eliza Allen … Continue reading →

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Sister Mary Aquinas, OSF

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Notre Dame Archives

Notre Dame celebrates 40 years of coeducation this fall.  While the women who arrived in 1972 were the first class to matriculate in the regular academic year, women had been earning bachelors’, masters’, and doctorate degrees since 1917 through the … Continue reading →

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Corpus Christi

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Notre Dame Archives

The Feast of Corpus Christi was once one of the most elaborately celebrated religious holidays at Notre Dame.  When the academic year ran through June, clergy, students, faculty, and community members celebrated the holy day with Mass, Vespers, and procession … Continue reading →

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175th Anniversary of the Congregation of Holy Cross

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Notre Dame Archives

On March 1, 1837, in the town of Saint-Croix near Le Mans, France, Blessed Basil Antoine-Marie Moreau joined his band of auxiliary priests with the Brothers of St. Joseph, which was founded by Father Jacques-François Dujarie.  The Vatican officially recognized … Continue reading →

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Women & Spirit Exhibit

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Notre Dame Archives

The Women & Spirit:  Catholic Sisters in America traveling exhibit stops in South Bend from September 2 – December 31, 2011, at the Northern Indiana Center for History.  A number of photographs and audio-visual materials from the Notre Dame Archives … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Ann Seton – American’s First Saint

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Notre Dame Archives

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821) was canonized as America’s first native-born saint in 1975.  As part of the mission of the Archives of University of Notre Dame to collect and maintain records that document the life of the Catholic Church … Continue reading →

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Catholic Parish History Collection

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Notre Dame Archives

During the past several decades, interest in parish histories has grown considerably in America. Throughout the United States, pastors and parishioners have become more keenly aware of the need to preserve the history of their parishes in written form. Consequently, … Continue reading →

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The Archdiocese of New Orleans Collection

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Notre Dame Archives

Early in the 1880′s Professor James F. Edwards, librarian of the University of Notre Dame, aware that irreplaceable items pertaining to the history of Catholicism in America were constantly in danger of being lost through neglect, carelessness or willful destruction, … Continue reading →

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