{"id":3209,"date":"2006-04-11T08:45:25","date_gmt":"2006-04-11T08:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/into-the-fire.html"},"modified":"2006-04-11T08:45:25","modified_gmt":"2006-04-11T08:45:25","slug":"into-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/into-the-fire.html","title":{"rendered":"Into the fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I spoke at the Catholic institution of the moment, Notre Dame, and no I did not mention body parts or university presidents. It was, of course, the DVC talk, put in the context of Catholicism in film. Sort of. I mean, the context was all there at the beginning , but then I sort of let that thread drop as I got into the DVC business. But perhaps not.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway nice crowd. The talk was part of a series sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/ethicscenter.nd.edu\/\">The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture &#8211; truly a bright light on campus. <\/a> Met a lot of great folks for the first time, and was pleased to see some old friends as well. <a href=\"http:\/\/ethicscenter.nd.edu\/about\/staff.shtml\">David Solomon, Daniel McInerny and Elizabeth Kirk of the Center, <\/a>Elizabeth&#8217;s husband <a href=\"http:\/\/osa.nd.edu\/about.shtml\">William, who is in the office of Residence Life<\/a>. Matt of <a href=\"http:\/\/holywhapping.blogspot.com\/\">Shrine of the Holy Whapping<\/a>, Becky R. of the law school, who comments here and also arranged my visit there last fall, and, unexpectedly (although it shouldn&#8217;t have been, since I knew he was now at Notre Dame) &#8211; the renowned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetpadre.com\/\">Internet Padre<\/a> &#8211; whose site you should check out and bookmark.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the conversations before and after were not so much about DVC as they were about a certain decision recently made by the ND administration. I think it&#8217;s safe to say that the decision not only disappointed many people, but blindsided them. It will be interesting to see how things work themselves out &#8211; if this really is the end of the story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I spoke at the Catholic institution of the moment, Notre Dame, and no I did not mention body parts or university presidents. 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