SOUTH BEND, INDIANA-- His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Notre Dame today, October 28th, 2021, at an academic convocation held on campus at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. His All-Holiness also delivered an address on environmental stewardship, noting that “Religion must function and serve in connection with – and never in isolation from – science.”
An Academic Convocation will be held at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, October 28, 2021 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. will confer an honorary degree on His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and the Ecumenical Patriarch will deliver an address on environmental stewardship. The convocation will also feature the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir performing “Creation: From Adam to Salvation,” in honor of His All-Holiness.
