Please join us on October 5th for a Hesburgh Forum titled IGNITING CHANGE - The Impact of Catholic Extension and the Alliance for Catholic Education in Under-Resourced Communities of the United States featuring Rev. John J. Wall, President, Catholic Church Extension Society and Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Co-Founder.

Location: Metropolitan Club, 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

Cost: $50 (Includes 3 course lunch)

To register for this event CLICK HERE!

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Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C. is a professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, a fellow of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and currently serves as director of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives, where he oversees the work of the Alliance for Catholic Education, the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, and other education-related programs. His research and graduate teaching focuses on comparative political institutions, especially political parties. He serves as a Fellow and Trustee of the University of Notre Dame. He has served as executive vice president of the University of Notre Dame from 2000 until 2003, where he had responsibility for the University’s budget, endowment, as well as business operations and human resources. From 1994 until 2000, he served the university as vice president and senior associate provost.

Fr. Scully serves as a member of the Trinity Foundation Board in Dublin and is a Fellow and Trustee of the University of Notre Dame, Australia. In 1979, Fr. Scully founded the Holy Cross Associates Program, an organization which has provided an opportunity for hundreds of young volunteers to serve the poor throughout the United States and Chile. In 1993, Fr. Scully founded the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), Notre Dame’s signature program which provides hundreds of Catholic school teachers to scores of underserved communities across the United States, as well as in Ireland and Chile. In 2006 he chaired the year long, national task force to study the future of Catholic education in the United States. Fr. Scully presented the final report, entitled: Making God Known Loved and Served, The Future of Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in the United States, to the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops in January of 2007, and is now in the midst of launching 12 new initiatives outlined in the report aimed at sustaining and strengthening Catholic schools nationally.

Reverend John J. Wall, President of Catholic Extension, is a nationally known figure in the Catholic Church whose vision for the future is of Catholics united in spiritual community. Appointed in 2007 by the Vatican, he brings an energetic approach to his position, raising awareness and resources to help faith communities across America not only become self-sustaining, but reach out to help their neighbors. A native Chicagoan, Father Wall received his Master of Divinity and STL in Theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois.

Prior to becoming president of Catholic Extension, Father Wall served in numerous capacities in the Archdiocese of Chicago, including seminarian faculty member and Vocations Director. In 1983, he became pastor of Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago, the second parish founded in the city and its oldest public building. During his 20 years at Old St. Pat’s, Father Wall transformed the urban church, which had only a handful of families as registered parishioners when he said his first Mass, into a thriving spiritual center attracting and serving people of all ages and from all walks of life from across the region. Today more than 2,000 people weekly attend Sunday Mass at Old St. Pat’s. Father Wall serves on several Boards and advisory councils, including the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame, Boston College’s School of Theology and Pastoral Ministry, University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and the Illinois Patrons of the Arts-Vatican Museums.

A dynamic leader of deep faith, strong vision and outstanding strategic partnership skills, he is committed to illuminating Catholic Extension’s role in both supporting and celebrating the future of the Catholic faith.

“Wherever I go in the poorest places across America, I find hope inspired by the transformative power of faith.” Rev. John J. Wall

Catholic Extension Founded more than 100 years ago, Catholic Extension raises funds and directs resources to strengthen faith-filled people who gather as the Church in America’s poorest and most remote regions. Today, we continue to build communities of faith, inspire hope and ignite change in America’s more than 80 “mission dioceses,” regions where the Catholic Church is growing, needs are great and resources scarce.

Funded exclusively by private donors, Catholic Extension this year alone will support parishes lacking easy access to the Church and its many services with more than 1,000 grants totaling $14 million. These grants empower faith communities to establish themselves; become self-sustaining; provide religious education and outreach ministries; build and renovate churches and facilities; and train the next generation of lay, religious and ordained Catholic leaders.

Join Catholic Charities' Junior Board in packaging groceries for clients of many different Catholic Charities programs.

This event takes place the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month in the basement of 721 N. LaSalle. Meet in the lobby at 6.

Please contact Steve Silzer at stephensilzer@gmail.com to sign up.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) issued the results of a study on hunger in Chicago. Four areas of the city were found to have especially high rates of hunger, and the GCFD has instituted a new mobile food pantry program to target those areas most in need.

The Mission of Our Lady of the Angels serves one such area and hosts the mobile food pantry. Volunteers are needed from 9 until Noon (and can arrive late if necessary) to help dispense food from the mobile food pantry and greet members of the community.

Our Lady of the Angels, run by ND alum Father Bob Lombardo, '79, is located on Chicago’s West Side at 3808 West Iowa, near Pulaski and Chicago. Please visit the website and email Don Pierce at don.pierce.jr@gmail.com if you are able to join us.

Join Catholic Charities' Junior Board in packaging groceries for clients of many different Catholic Charities programs.

This event takes place the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month in the basement of 721 N. LaSalle. Meet in the lobby at 6.

Please contact Steve Silzer at stephensilzer@gmail.com to sign up.

Catholic Charities needs art docent volunteers for their upcoming Gala of the Arts on September 10 at Navy Pier.

Art docents assist with the selling of art pieces to guests.

There are two shifts: 5:30pm-8:30 pm and 9:00pm-11pm.

Attire is black-tie optional and interested individuals can contact Teresa M. Battaglia at tbattaglia@catholiccharities.net or (312) 655-7018.

Who:You

What: Join a group of ND alums and put on your chef's hat to prepare dinner for the guests at the Ronald McDonald House. No experience necessary.

When: September 28th, 6-8 pm

Where: 622 W. Deming, Lincoln Park

Why: Come for one dinner and you'll see why everyone loves to participate!

How: Email Elizabeth Kuck at ekuck@deloitte.com to sign up. You will be asked to bring a couple of food items, as we provide all the food for the dinner we prepare.

Join fellow alumni in making and serving dinner for 35 guests plus making 30 sack lunches at Lincoln Park Community Shelter.

This event takes place in the basement of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church (600 W. Fullerton, the northwest corner of Fullerton and Geneva) from 6:15 to about 8PM.

We provide all of the food so you will be asked to bring one or two items.

Contact Rachel Jacobs with any questions and to sign up. racheltj@gmail.com.

Join alumni from the North and North West suburbs for a Game Watch as the Irish take on Michigan State.

When: Saturday - September 18, 2010

Where: Peggy Kinnane's Irish Restaurant and Pub - 8 N. Vail Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL

Drink Specials
Miller Lite: $2.75, Cazadores shots: $4, Bacardi cherry bombs: $5, Cosmo: $5, Chambord vodka and soda: $5

Also on Sept 18 only: Kids Eat Free (10 and under)

Questions?
Mike S. '00 - mscherme@alumni.nd.edu

Join the ND Club of Chicago for a game watch in Glenview and cheer on the Irish as they take on the midshipmen of Navy!

When: Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 11:00AM Kick-Off

Where:North Shore Country Club - 1340 Glenview Road

Cost: $5.00 per person at door
Kids under 5 free

Free soda - Tailgate food & drinks for purchase.

RSVP to ndclubadmin@earthlink.net by October 22nd. Please indicate the number of adults, children between 6 and 18 yrs. and children 5 yrs. and younger in each group.

Questions?
John '74 - JSanguinetti@CIBER.com
Sheila '77 - sobrien368@aol.com

Notre Dame Women's Soccer will be in Chicago on September 17th and September 19th.

The Lady Irish will take on:

DePaul - Friday, September 17th at 4:00PM CT at Wish Field/Cacciatore Stadium, DePaul University (900 W. Belden Ave., Chicago, IL 60614)

Northwestern - Sunday, September 19th at 4:30PM CT at Lakeside Field - Northwestern University (2400 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL)

Come help us cheer on ND Women's Soccer in Chicago.

The 9th Annual Financial Executive Alumni Conference will be held on September 23-24 (prior to the Stanford football weekend).

The conference is intended for experienced finance and business professionals with an undergraduate or graduate degree from the University of Notre Dame.

This year's conference has an excellent line up of speakers and panelists including but not limited to: Mark W. Yusko - CEO & CIO Morgan Creek Asset Management, Tom S. O'Donoghue - Managing Partner CRG Partners, Garrett P. Kanehann - Partner BlackEagle Partners, LLC, Michael Buenzow - Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting, Shawn Foley - Portfolio Manager Avenue Capital, Jimmy Dunne - Senior Managing Principal Sandler O'Neil & Partners, Tim Connors - General Partner US Venture Partners, Robert Berner - Chairman CVC Capital Partners, Brian Foley - Director at Bank of America.

Please CLICK HERE for more information, to register and learn more about this year's conference.

A limited supply of Stanford football tickets are available for people that register early.

Join us for Wine & Words!

Meet James King '77 - Author of Bill Warrington's Last Chance. Winner of Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

Event hosted by Sheila O'Brien '77, '80 L

When: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:00-9:00PM

Where: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court - Winnetka, Illinois

RSVP: ndclubadmin@earthlink.net

Hosts for September:

Steve Connolly, Executive Vice President, Principal at NAI Hiffman

John Levitske, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, LLC

John Paul Sweeney, Managing Director & Senior Trust Officer at The PrivateBank and Trust Company

Angela Anderson, Program Director, Center for Chicago Metropolitan Initiatives, Institute for Latino Studies, UND

Vincent Cushing, CEO, Clean Urban Energy, Inc.

Christopher Brusznicki, CEO & Co-Founder GamedayHousing.com; Principal at Bronson Lee and ND Club of Chicago Board Member

We used to have over 100 ND alumni gather once a month at St. Peter's to meet each other for a quick hour before work and then make it to the office by 9:00.

We have already confirmed the following dates so mark them on your calendar!

2010

September 16 - Before Work

October 21- Before Work

November 18 - After Work (because St. Peter's has a conflict that morning)

December 16 - Before Work

2011

January 20 - Before Work

February 17 - Before Work

March 17 - Before Work (Happy St. Patty's Day!)

April 21 is Holy Thursday so we will need to move the event in April. We will probably have an evening event. Then we will return to morning networking May 16 and June 16.

Format:
Doors Open - 7:15
Open Networking - 7:15 to 7:45
Program - 7:45 - 8:45
Adjourn Promptly at 8:45 so you can get to the office by 9:00!
Room open - 8:45 - 9:15 for those who want to linger and chat.

Location: St. Peter's in the Loop - 110 W. Madison, Chicago - St. Clare Auditorium in the Basement

Cost: $5 Donation at the door.

To Register CLICK HERE!

We will have at least three rounds of structured networking so you will meet people! Plan to come, let your ND friends know so they can get it on their calendars and bring your friends, family and colleagues. Guests welcome.

You may not have time to linger after work at a Happy Hour, but you can surely invest one hour a month to meet a lot of ND alumni, make a few new friends and even, perhaps, make a connection to your next business opportunity! We bet it will be the best investment you make this year. If we didn't believe that, we wouldn't waste our time doing this!

Join Amy Brecount White '85 at ND for her book signing!

Amy's first novel, Forget-Her-Nots, just came out in March from HarperCollins. It's about the language of flowers come magically to life and is perfect for girls ages 11 and up.

The mysteries of Victorian flower lore pervade White’s debut, in which 14-year-old Laurel strives to shape a new life after her mother’s death from cancer. Hoping a change of locale will help her grief, Laurel enrolls in the boarding school her mother attended. Once at Avondale, she discovers a bewildering ability to stir up emotions by creating floral bouquets, and she’s soon in demand by students with a variety of motives. Following the definitions in a serendipitously found book, The Language of Flowers, and reciting her mantra (“Bright cut flowers, leaves of green, bring about what I have seen”), Laurel tries to understand and properly use her gift, while coping with typical teenage dilemmas and uncovering her family’s flower-related history. White aptly renders big and small dramas against the backdrop of Laurel’s struggles with her “flower power,” and deftly walks the line between reality and fantasy without crossing it. A delicate sense of magical possibility and reverence for the natural world help elevate White’s story from a typical prep-school drama into something more memorable. Ages 12–up. (Mar.)

We are working on details for this year's event, but mark your calendar for the morning of Tuesday, September 28 at the Metropolitan Club.

The doors will open at 7:15 am and the formal program will probably start around 7:30 - 7:45.

Additional details and registration information coming soon!

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we invite you to a special event to celebrate Dr. Samora's life long work and accomplishments with editors of Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies. We will hear directly from a few of the editors who will share their insight and experiences about the history of the Mexican American graduate studies program Dr. Samora founded at the University of Notre Dame. He was a pioneering leader and the first Mexican American to earn a doctorate in sociology and anthropolgy in the United States.

Join us to network with fellow alumni, students and friends and get your own signed copy of the book, which we will have on hand for you to purchase.

Location: EMBA Space - 224 S. Michigan Ave., Ste. 200

Registration details coming soon.

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Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies
Edited by Alberto Lopez Pulida, Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado, Carmen Samora

Moving Beyond Borders examines the life and accomplishments of Julian Samora, the first Mexican American sociologist in the United States and the founding father of the discipline of Latino studies. Detailing his distinguished career at the University of Notre Dame from 1959 to 1984, the book documents the history of the Mexican American Graduate Studies program that Samora established at Notre Dame and traces his influence on the evolution of border studies, Chicano studies, and Mexican American studies. Samora’s groundbreaking ideas opened the way for Latinos to understand and study themselves intellectually and politically, to analyze the complex relationships between Mexicans and Mexican Americans, to study Mexican immigration, and to ready the United States for the reality of Latinos as the fastest growing minority in the nation. In addition to his scholarly and pedagogical impact, his leadership in the struggle for civil rights was a testament to the power of community action and perseverance. Focusing on Samora’s teaching, mentoring, research, and institution-building strategies, Moving Beyond Borders explores the legacies, challenges, and future of ethnic studies in United States higher education.