Notre Dame Drops ‘Acceptance and Support for Catholic Mission’ from Staff Values

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The University of Notre Dame, one of the most well-known Catholic universities in the world, recently announced a new set of “ND Values” for staff that no longer includes a call for employees to accept and support the school’s Catholic mission.

The Observer, a student-run newspaper that covers Notre Dame, St. Mary’s, and Holy Cross, reported that the former list of “ND Values” “included a value that called for staff acceptance and support of the University’s Catholic mission, which was absent in the new list.”

The new values, according to a Notre Dame press release, announced during staff town halls in October, include “Community: Treat every person with dignity and respect; Collaboration: Work together with honesty, kindness, and humility; Excellence: Pursue the highest standards with a commitment to truth and service; and Innovation: Embrace opportunities with creativity and dedication.”

It prefaced it by saying, “In all that we do, we seek to advance Notre Dame’s mission as a global Catholic research university to be a force for good in the world.”

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