Hesburgh was definitely a bridge builder who brought people
by ndlp (2019-05-14 19:24:56)

In reply to: A review of the movie from the same newspaper. (link)  posted by G.K.Chesterton


together, both at Notre Dame and in the outside world of secular society. To do so in the difficult 1960's was a great accomplishment.
I think that Father Miscamble does point out that while Notre Dame gathered a larger endowment and world attention while under Father Hesburgh, one still has to ask, did it lose some of its religious focus and Catholic character in the process?
" Miscamble’s verdict on Hesburgh is as devastating as it is understated: “Without making a major and formal decision he began to allow what might be called the pursuit of excellence approach to supplant the pursuit of the truth.”




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