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The McGrath Institute for Church Life Receives $1 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. to Establish Compelling Preaching Program
This grant will help establish a three-year program titled Savoring the Mystery: Catholic Preaching in an Age of Disaffiliation. This initiative, based out of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy at the McGrath Institute, proposes a renewal of Roman Catholic preaching.
Spring Series of Conversations That Matter, "Virtual Apocalypse: Renewing Christian Culture in a Digital World"
In this series of webinars, leading thinkers in art, technology and theology discuss the transformative effects of technology on the culture and what that means for the Church.
McGrath Institute's Notre Dame Vision Program Celebrates 20 Years of In-Person Programming, 20,000th Registrant
Started in 2001 with a two million dollar grant from the Lilly Foundation to “theologically explore vocation,” Notre Dame Vision is an expression of the robust faith life of the University, living out Notre Dame’s mission to be a force for good.