Articles & Essays

The paradox of free speech. The following is an article by Todd C. Ream published in The Hedgehog Review on May 5, 2023. Any search for recent titles celebrating the university’s mission, achievements, and irreplaceable role will likely end in frustration. There is no shortage…

Books, articles, and programs abound about mentoring, but few offer more than what one otherwise finds at the intersection of human decency and common sense. Yet the practice of mentoring demonstrates its value over time—and, as a result, is worthy of our reflection. This is…

According to Father Leo R. Ward, the Catholic university had the best chance of adequacy, of being a true university. Pursuit of adequacy, according to Ward, was an exercise of holy secularity. Scholars in various fields not only had the responsibility of mining what the…

Theodore Martin Hesburgh was the nation's most widely recognized Catholic priest and university president. Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1917, Hesburgh found himself unceremoniously appointed Notre Dame's president in 1952 – an office he held for 35 years.