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Cushwa co-director David Lantigua recently sat down with the Church & Indian Country Podcast (sponsored by U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Tekakwitha Conference) to discuss Bartolomé de Las Casas’s defense of the dignity of Indigenous people during Spanish colonialism: youtu.be/YCvs9LIF1K0?fe…

Earlier this month, we had the chance to hear from Candy Gunther Brown (Candy Gunther Brown) for the 2024–25 Cushwa Center Lecture, “Francis S. MacNutt and the Globalization of Charismatic Christianity.” Full video of the lecture is now posted: youtu.be/kEaM1y1r5Wg?fe… Christian Healing Ministries (CHM)

For the archives column in Cushwa’s fall AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDIES NEWSLETTER, Kevin Cawley discusses changing technology, workflows, and AI with the staff of Notre Dame Archives: cushwa.nd.edu/news/from-card… Sign up to receive the full newsletter soon: cushwa.nd.edu/subscribe.

Father Gutiérrez was the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Theology at Notre Dame and a visiting professor at many major universities in North America and Europe. His friends, family, colleagues and students remain in our prayers.

Cushwa’s fall newsletter is out with a feature article by Alice Gorton, book review by Deanna Witkowski, conversations with postdocs and archivists, and news from Center for Research on Global Catholicism, Curran Center, Hesburgh Libraries, and many others. Read, share, subscribe, and enjoy: bit.ly/cushwa-acsn-is…

It has been a wonderful week-and-a-half trip so far in the USA. Last week, I visited the archives of the Little Company of Mary (LCM) in Evergreen Park, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery where several of the LCM sisters based in the USA are buried, and the Archdiocesan Archives in 1/

Hoping to visit Notre Dame for archival research at Notre Dame Archives / Hesburgh Libraries in 2025? A Cushwa grant may be able to help support research here on campus and elsewhere. Learn more: cushwa.nd.edu/grant-opportun…

ICYMI: On October 5 at Notre Dame, @econroykrutz discussed her book MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY: RELIGION AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS (Cornell, 2024) alongside commentators Heather Curtis and Amy Greenberg at the fall 2024 Dolan Seminar: youtu.be/8SebpUInonU?fe…

As Pope Francis celebrates his 88th birthday this week, Cushwa Center co-director David Lantigua reflects on his pontificate The Conversation U.S.: “At 88, Pope Francis dances the tango with the global Catholic Church amid its culture wars” theconversation.com/at-88-pope-fra… via The Conversation U.S.

Meet the Co-Hosts and Panelists for the upcoming Religion & Catholic Studies episode! We are so excited to kick off the New Year with this amazing panel of scholars and researchers. Join us Thursday, January 16 for an interesting conversation! Register: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Register to join ND Rome in person or online for a discussion of M. Rubboli's I CRISTIANI, LA VIOLENZA E LE ARMI. Panelists will consider attitudes on war from early Christian history up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Mon, Feb 24, 4pm Rome (10am ET): rome.nd.edu/events/2025/02…

Join cosponsors from across campus Feb 26–8 for a 3-part symposium on the legacy of Roger Casement (1864–1916) for environmental rights activism in the Amazon & beyond. Sessions include a film screening, workshop & roundtable w/ ND faculty & guest speakers—cushwa.nd.edu/events/2025/02…

With heavy hearts we share news of the passing of Martin E. Marty, a giant not only in the study of American religion but also in the Cushwa Center’s own founding vision and history. He was 97. memarty.com/obituary/

Join us tomorrow! The Cushwa Center’s 50th anniversary conference begins with opening remarks at 2pm, a first set of panels at 2:30, and a keynote address at 4:30 by José Casanova: “Three Phases in the Globalization of Catholicism in the Americas.” cushwa.nd.edu/events/cma2025/

Delighted to be here at University of Notre Dame Cushwa Center 50th Anniversary Celebration & talking about poetry at tonight's banquet celebration. cushwa.nd.edu/events/cma2025/ Fordham University Curran Center Paraclete Press

Panels are already underway this morning at Catholic Modernity in the Americas. Tonight, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell speaks at Cushwa’s 50th anniversary banquet. Tomorrow, we conclude with our Dolan Seminar on William T. Cavanaugh’s THE USES OF IDOLATRY. cushwa.nd.edu/cma2025

May the Angels lead you into paradise. Rest in peace, Pope Francis.

We have a pope — an(other) American pope, no less! At cushwa.nd.edu, David Lantigua shares initial reflections on the election of a second pope from the Americas: cushwa.nd.edu/news/pope-leo-…

After yesterday’s announcement of Pope Leo XIV, travel back to a depiction of the Papal Conclave of 1700 by Domenico de Rossi that features a cycle of illustrations showing the events and processes of electing a new pope. Read more in the RBSC blog: sites.nd.edu/rbsc/papal-con…

Our spring newsletter is out with feature articles by David J. O’Brien and Susanna De Stradis, a special section for the Conference on the History of Women Religious (register by 5-25!), news from our network, and plenty more. Read, share, and subscribe: cushwa.nd.edu/publications/a…