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Matt EmersonSeptember 11, 2015

The New York Times today features a long profile of Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame, as well as some of the major issues that Notre Dame faces as it attempts to compete successfully in athletics and maintain a thriving Catholic identity and academic excellence. The article illuminates one of the central tensions of Catholic education: How does a 2000 year-old faith integrate with the demands and expectations of the modern world? 

 

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