In the Mind’s Eye Autumn 2026

Memories Are Made of This

by Kerry Temple ’74

The astounding ways the brain stores, organizes and discards experiences, reconstituting our recollections into the stories of our lives

Ghost Stories

by Mark Phillips

Tales of the dead arise from their resting places and mingle like vapors over the land I now inhabit.

Moral Amnesia

by Anna Romandash ’22MGA

As independent Ukraine fights for its future, it is past time for a reckoning with its history of Soviet-era complicity.

The Wisdom of Fate

by Michelle Cuneo

Randomly assigned as roommates, Alec Dietzel ’17 and Luke McVeigh ’17 faced a tragic coincidence so unlikely that their connection feels like more than mere chance.

Prophet of Peace

by Patrick Gallagher ’83

David Cortright ’68, indefatigable fighter against the forces of war

The Music Only Humans Can Make

by Brett Robinson ’97

Pope Leo’s encyclical calls us to resist the discordant temptations of technological dominion and to sing instead with humility and hope of humanity’s limitations and glories.

Depth of Feeling

by Heather Treseler ’10Ph.D.

Separated by eight years, two other siblings and a gulf of personality, my youngest brother and I share a strong bond beneath our superficial differences.

Another Round at Joe’s

by Mike Schmuhl ’05

The blessed resurrection of a historic South Bend tavern