Looking for Christianity’s Second Founder Winter 2023-24

The Least of the Apostles

by Paul Elie

St. Paul, so vital to Christianity as to be called its second founder, has receded in importance among Catholics. A personal exploration into why this has happened and why it matters.

Mending the Riven Planet

by Scott Russell Sanders

Some call it ecological restoration. I prefer the term  ‘rewilding’ because it’s a reminder we can only assist nature in healing itself.

My Notre Dame Wasn’t Your Notre Dame

by Sean Sullivan ’60

The funny, incredible, inspirational saga of an enterprising student’s epic determination to really earn a degree from here

A Remembrance of Times Forgotten

by Julia Scott

For most of us — for those then confined to making do — processing the pandemic is an exercise in retrieving lost memories.

America Unraveled

by Ian Marcus Corbin

Precarity, solidarity and our long season of crisis.

Immeasurable Benefits

by Jason Kelly ’95

Science dean Santiago Schnell, who knows firsthand the devastations of rare diseases, marshals mathematics to decode the mysteries of life and the secrets of health.

Clear Genius

Photos by Matt Cashore ’94

In his workshop in Room 119 of the centrally located but inconspicuous Rad Lab building, Kiva Ford does what he dreamed of doing as a boy. He makes a living making things.

Changing Minds

by Ken Garcia ’08Ph.D.

After a trip to the Mile High City, a psychedelic virgin wonders if the renaissance in brain-altering psychoactive substances points to panacea or Pandora’s box.