The Pillar Podcast Bonus: Live from Notre Dame!
Nov 22, 2025
Jennifer Martin, the Director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at Notre Dame, shares insights about fostering Catholic tradition and community despite disagreements. She highlights the center's diverse programs aimed at student formation and the culture of life. JD and Ed discuss the importance of tradition as a personal transmission and reflect on Bishop Flores’s approach to evangelization through love. Lucy Spence, from the Irish Rover, adds to the conversation about Notre Dame’s commitment to Catholic identity amidst academic challenges.
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Live Show As Conference Capstone
- JD and Ed describe attending Notre Dame's DeNicola conference as a capstone after days of talks and conversation.
- They framed the live show as a celebratory post-game highlight of that event.
Integrated Formation Over Time
- The DeNicola Center intentionally integrates ethics, aesthetics, liturgy, and scholarship to sustain Catholic tradition across public life.
- Jennifer Martin emphasizes formation of students and faculty investment under Ex Corde Ecclesiae as long-term stewardship.
Catholicity Enables Plural Practice
- Martin argues Catholicity allows continuity alongside legitimate diversity in practice and style.
- She treats aesthetic and liturgical differences as complementary ways to seek the human good.