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With Our Own Two Hands Winter 2024–25

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A woodworker wearing safety glasses and a tan apron uses a table saw to cut a piece of light-colored wood. The saw sits on a workbench in a basement workshop. Various tools and pieces of wood are visible on the workbench and hanging on a pegboard wall behind the woodworker.

A More Perfect Universe

by Kenneth Garcia ’08Ph.D.

An amateur woodworker apprentices himself to the ongoing work of creation.

Close-up of a pair of hands using a wrench, bathed in blue light. The individual, likely wearing a uniform, appears to be working on machinery or equipment. The dark background and focused lighting emphasize the hands and the tool.

The Handyman Can

by Mel Livatino

Honoring the courage and ingenuity of the miracle workers I have known

A male student wearing a blue Notre Dame College of Engineering t-shirt cuts gray fabric with scissors. He is working at a table in a makerspace or design lab. Other students collaborate in the background, and the words "MAKE STUFF THAT MATTERS" are on the wall.

Progress in the Making

by Ann-Marie Conrado ’93

A parable of the spaghetti towers toppled by marshmallows

A woman wearing glasses cuts a sewing pattern laid out on peach-colored fabric draped over a table. Sewing materials, including hockey pucks, are scattered on the table's surface. A grandfather clock stands near the curtained windows.

Cut From a Different Cloth

by Linda Przybyszewski

The interplay of hand, mind and the stuff of this world

A student wearing a University of Notre Dame t-shirt uses a hand drill on a piece of wood clamped to a workbench. An older man observes her work. Various woodworking tools and materials are visible in the background.

Retooling the Curriculum

by Alan DeFrees ’74

Tangible connections to the past instruct the architects of the future.

Black and white photo of a crowded street scene during a parade. American flags are carried in the center of the street, flanked by marchers and a marching band. Large crowds of onlookers in suits and hats line the sidewalks. Storefronts and signs are visible in the background.

Where Their Loyalties Lie

by Margaret Fosmoe ’85

The Oberwinder brothers from Notre Dame were not who they said they were.

Two individuals sit indoors, near a window. One person is reading a book, and through the window behind them, the silhouette of construction equipment is visible.

Letting the Light In

by Connie Snyder Mick

Our shared brokenness binds us in the fight against poverty, injustice and metastasizing despair.

A mixed-media collage featuring layered images and text. Yellow dandelion seed heads float across the top. A black and white photo of a residential street scene is central, with a white silhouette of a seated figure superimposed. Handwritten text fragments appear on scraps of aged paper, including the phrases "A Pleasure meeting and training with you" and "Player too! and Revitto!" Smaller black and white photos of houses and a car are layered around the edges, with splashes of yellow adding a pop of color.

Moses Bunn Goes Home

by Colleen Shaddox

A jovial, gentle soul was lost, but now he’s found.

University News

Diverse students gaze at the Main Building at the University of Notre Dame. The Golden Dome is depicted as a globe, emphasizing the University's global reach. A statue of Mary, a prominent figure on campus, stands atop the dome. Several students hold books, symbolizing learning and academic pursuits.

Letters

A headshot of an older man with a warm smile. He wears clear, large-framed glasses and a dark gray collared shirt or sweater. The background, slightly out of focus, features green grass and a tan building.

Alumni

A young girl with long, light brown hair sits on a closed toilet, her reflection visible in a bathroom mirror. The pink-tiled wall of the shower, equipped with a showerhead and a small wire caddy containing toiletries, is visible in the foreground. Gray tiles surround the mirror.

Cross Currents

Whimsical blue watercolor illustration of a child sitting at a table reaching for a doll offered by a hand from above. The scene includes a checkered floor with images of food, a soccer ball shooting across the sky like a comet, and a wrapped gift.

Ad mensam

by Rebecca Hammock ’17, ’19M.A.

The absence of silence

by Ben Testani ’20

Once more among wolves

by Nicholas Deason ’15

Before I could crawl

by Joseph Lewis Heil ’59

The child in church

by Erin Buckley ’08