University of Notre Dame fans traveling to Texas for the off-site home football game, to be played Saturday (Oct. 5) against Arizona State at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will have the opportunity to enjoy numerous other public events reflecting the life and spirit of Our Lady鈥檚 University in the days leading up to the game.
Scheduled events include academic and faith discussions, a service project, Mass and a celebration of Texan culture and traditions, including a march through Fort Worth by the Notre Dame Band, accompanied by a herd of longhorn cattle.
- Notre Dame鈥檚 (ACE) will visit two local Catholic schools Thursday and Friday (Oct. 3 and 4) as part of the . At 2:30 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 3), ACE will host a celebration of students, faculty and honored guests at Bishop Dunne High 91视频, 3900 Rugged Drive, Dallas; and at 8 a.m. Friday (Oct. 4), ACE will visit St. Rita Catholic 91视频, 712 Weiler Blvd., Fort Worth, for Mass and a special event to include the presentation of the University of Notre Dame Sorin Award for Service to Catholic 91视频s. Notre Dame fans and friends are welcome to attend.
- Members of the Notre Dame science faculty will address a variety of major scientific questions in a panel discussion titled 鈥溾�� at 10:30 a.m. Friday (Oct. 4) in the Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel鈥檚 West Fork I and West Fork II meeting rooms. Panelists will include biologists and , physicist and chemist .
- A will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 4) at the Worthington Renaissance Forth Worth Hotel. Sponsored by the , along with the Notre Dame Clubs of Dallas and Forth Worth, the event will feature speakers , Notre Dame鈥檚 president; Jack Swarbrick, vice president and director of athletics; Brian Kelly, head football coach; and Notre Dame football great Tim Brown. Doors open at 11:30 and the luncheon begins at noon. Tickets are available for $75 each, with all proceeds benefiting the Notre Dame Club of Dallas Scholarship Fund.
- In partnership with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Worth, the Notre Dame Alumni Association will sponsor a from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 4) for the Assessment Center of Tarrant County, a 24-hour, 40-bed facility that provides a safe, nurturing and temporary home for children placed in the care of Child Protective Services. Notre Dame alumni, parents and friends will help to refurbish the center with painting, cleaning and outside yard work.
- A panel discussion sponsored by Notre Dame鈥檚 titled 鈥溾�� will be held at 3 p.m. Friday (Oct. 4) in the Worthington Renaissance West Fork I and West Fork II meeting rooms. Panelists include , Julian Samora Professor of Latino 91视频 and director of Notre Dame鈥檚 (ILS); Philip Fuentes, McDonald鈥檚 Restaurants franchise owner and ILS advisory council member; , assistant professor of film, television and theatre at Notre Dame; Marcos Ronquillo, partner at Beirne, Maynard and Parsons and ILS advisory council member; , professor of theology at Notre Dame and ILS executive director; and , associate professor of political science at Notre Dame.
- The Notre Dame pep rally will be held Friday (Oct. 4) at 6 p.m. at Ninth and Main Streets in downtown Fort Worth. The will step off at 6 p.m. from Fourth and Main Streets, followed by the longhorn cattle of the . The pep rally will be preceded at 4:45 p.m. by a free concert by local artist Charla Corn.
- A Mass at which Father Jenkins will preside and preach will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 5) at Fort Worth鈥檚 Saint Patrick Cathedral, 1206 Throckmorton St.
- At 11:30 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 5), a lecture in the series, 鈥淪tories Written in Light: The Saints in the Windows of Notre Dame鈥檚 Basilica of the Sacred Heart,鈥� will be given by , professor of theology at Notre Dame and director of the in the Worthington Renaissance West Fork I and West Fork II meeting rooms.
A complete listing of the weekend鈥檚 events and activities can be found online at .
Contact: Julie Hail Flory, Notre Dame Public Relations, jflory@nd.edu, 574-606-5025