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ND Vita Institute Heads West
On July 22 & 23, the Center for Ethics and Culture presented a special Notre Dame Vita Institute for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the invitation of Archbishop José H. Gomez. More than…
Public Policy Fellow: The Obama Administration Nullifies Conscience Rights
CEC Public Policy Fellow Richard Doerflinger published an op-ed decrying the Obama Administration for its failure to protect conscience rights for health care providers in accordance with its legal responsibility per the Weldon Amendment. Doerflinger writes,
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Director Snead's Response to Preliminary Injunction Blocking Implementation of Indiana HB 1337
Carter Snead, director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture and professor in the Notre Dame Law School, issued the following response to Thursday's decision by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt to issue a preliminary injunction against Indiana House Bill 1337, which prohibits…
Vita Institute 2016 Prepares Pro-Life Leaders
Current and future pro-life leaders from North America, South America, and Europe gathered on the campus of the University of Notre Dame for a week-long "pro-life boot camp" at the Center for Ethics and Culture's…
Director Snead's op-ed on SCOTUS' Texas HB2 decision featured by CNN
CNN has published an op-ed by CEC director Carter Snead in which he responds to the Supreme Court's decision striking down key provisions of Texas House Bill 2, which he had provided expert…
CEC Cosponsors Philosophy Workshop: "Aquinas on Politics"
The ND Center for Ethics and Culture is partnering with the Thomistic Institute and the Catholic & Dominican Institute to cosponsor the 6th Annual Philosophy…
CEC Director to Deliver Inaugural "Law & Justice Lecture" at University of Florence
On Monday, May 30, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture Director and Professor of Law Carter Snead will deliver the inaugural…
CEC Cosponsors Seminar on "Economics and Catholic Social Thought"
Fifteen junior faculty and graduate students from international institutions are gathering at the University of Notre Dame May 23-25 for an intensive…
Disability and the Face of Mercy: Notre Dame Collaborates with Pontifical Council to Host Conference
The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture and the Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame, in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, are hosting a two-day colloquium on disability and mercy to take place in Rome, June 5–6, 2016. The colloquium will bring together theologians, scholars, historians, persons with disabilities, families, and intentional Christian communities for shared discussion about disability and the ways in which mercy, properly understood, requires friendship, communion, and a shared life with those who have disabilities.
Congratulations to Sorin Fellows of the Class of 2016
Congratulations to the 13 Sorin Fellows who graduated this weekend as members of the Class of 2016! Through their affiliation with the Center for Ethics and Culture, these…
Call for Papers: 17th Annual Fall Conference on the Catholic Imagination
The Center for Ethics and Culture invites scholars and artists to submit proposals for our Fall Conference, entitled "You Are Beauty: Exploring…
Praise for CEC Fellow Richard Doerflinger as He Retires From USCCB
Richard Doerflinger, a Public Policy Fellow of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, retired at the end of April after 36 years as the associate director for pro-life activities and policy for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In recognition of his role as a lifelong champion in defense of human life, Doerflinger was honored in 2011 with the first ever Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal, and as a Public Policy Felllow he continues to serve as an expert on bioethical issues.
Sorin Fellow Interviewed on Disability and Abortion
Center Fellow Defends Abortion Protection Laws for Disabled Babies
Center for Ethics and Culture Public Policy Fellow Dr. Mary O'Callaghan was a guest on EWTN's Morning Glory radio…
Margo Borders Receives Inaugural Polking Family Fellowship
The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture is excited to announce the first recipient of the new Polking Family Fellowship. Margo Borders will begin studies in Fall 2016 at Notre Dame Law School and serve as the inaugural Polking Fellow.
"The Polking Family Fellowship is awarded to select…
Little Sisters of the Poor Receive Evangelium Vitae Medal
The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture bestowed the Evangelium Vitae Medal, the preeminent lifetime achievement award for heroes of the pro-life movement, upon Mother Provincial Sister Loraine Marie Maguire and the Little Sisters of the Poor at a gala banquet on Saturday, April 9. More than 400 guests joined in the celebration, including many elderly residents from the St. Augustine Home in Indianapolis, one of 28 hospitality homes run by the Little Sisters across the United States.
"The Evangelium Vitae Medal recognizes those whose outstanding efforts have served to proclaim the Gospel of Life by steadfastly affirming and defending the sanctity of human life from its earliest stages until death," said Carter Snead, Director of the Center for Ethics and Culture. "That reverence for life is the cornerstone of the work of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who embody true compassion through their ministry to the more than 13,000 elderly people of every race and religion who live in their homes in 30 countries. They have given the world a powerful witness to the unique, inviolable dignity of every human person, demonstrating the radical solidarity and hospitality at the core of the Gospel of Life."
Sorin Fellow Laura Wolk (L '16) Responds to Wendy Davis
The Observer published an op-ed penned by CEC Sorin Fellow and Notre Dame Law student Laura Wolk (L'16), in which she responded to the recent on-campus lecture by former Texas state senator and abortion advocate Wendy Davis.
I want to speak to the passionate and eager women who attended last night’s talk, women genuinely seeking to understand how best to do good in the world. I want to tell you something that perhaps no one has yet had the courage to state bluntly and unapologetically: The message presented by Wendy Davis is an odious, pernicious lie, and you deserve better.
Civility, Dialogue, and Catholic Mission: A Proposed Framework for Notre Dame
Prompted by the recent public discussion surrounding the 2016 Laetare Medal, the following memorandum offers a possible framework for how Notre Dame might, in the future, promote civility in public life and engage in dialogue with public figures (including the President of the United States) with whom we have strong disagreements, while also bearing witness to all the goods at the core of Notre Dame’s Catholic mission.
Center Fellow Responds to Indiana HB1337
Mary O'Callaghan, a public policy fellow at the Center for Ethics and Culture and prenatal outreach coordinator for Michiana Down Syndrome, released an open letter to Indiana Governor Mike Pence regarding HB1337, which would ban abortion in the case of prenatal diagnosis of disability:
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