Kathleen Sprows Cummings
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- History of women and American religion
- U.S. Catholicism
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NBC News
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February 28, 2025
And, in that respect, he has also promoted women and supported women but has not said that women should be ordained priests. “No women priests and, as of yet, no women deacons — although he did appoint several commissions to study that issue,” said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of American studies and history.
The Tablet
October 30, 2024
Every jubilee, according to Notre Dame Professor of American 91视频 and History Kathleen Sprows Cummings, is “ever ancient, ever new,” meaning certain aspects of the celebration are a part of the tradition and other aspects are unique to the times.
The New York Times
August 28, 2024
“What she said was indicative of a much larger conversation that was going on for more than a decade,” Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame, said in an interview.
Something Offbeat Podcast
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July 31, 2024
To learn more about the canonization process, the novelty of such a young saint, and saints from the United States, Something Offbeat welcomed Dr. Kathleen Cummings, a professor of American studies and history and Notre Dame and the author of the book – A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American.
National Geographic
July 09, 2024
“Canonization is fundamentally about holiness — but it’s also about relevance,” says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, history professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of the book A Saint of Our Own.
Lost Highways Podcast
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June 27, 2024
Kathleen Cummings is a professor of history and American studies at the University of Notre Dame. She focuses on both religion and women in American history. "In 1792, it's interesting. You start to see Columbus mentioned, and in fact, the personification of America as 'Columbia' like 'Britannia' was the personification of Great Britain."
CBC Radio
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May 28, 2024
Interview with Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and the author of “A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American.”
NBC News
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May 26, 2024
Religious scholars say a Saint Carlo could be a game changer for the Church struggling to recruit the next generation. “Could it be possible that Saint Carlo would be the new patron saint of the internet? Absolutely,” said NBC contributor Kathleen Sprows Cummings, author of the book “A Saint of Our Own.”
The New York Times
May 23, 2024
Carlo’s path to becoming the first millennial saint is a milestone, said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and the author of the book “A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American.” Carlo used the internet and his computer skills to spread his faith, offering the Catholic Church an opportunity to show a more positive side to social media, she said. Making
WNDU
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May 17, 2024
“It was a time when, when Notre Dame was growing in its reputation — in part because of football, but also because of its academic reputation,” explained Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of American studies and history at Notre Dame.
Vanity Fair
April 29, 2024
“Their individuality was subsumed in the congregation,” says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who oversees the History of Women Religious, an academic organization devoted to the study of Catholic sisters. Even so-called “particular attachments” between nuns were discouraged.
The Wall Street Journal
October 04, 2023
If this synod fails again to open the way to women deacons, “many, many American Catholic women will be disappointed, because that’s such low-hanging fruit,” said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, who isn’t taking part in this month’s assembly.
The Baltimore Banner
June 12, 2023
Catholic nuns in the 1940s had total control of their classrooms, said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame who studies sexual abuse by religious women. That means it’s unlikely that other teachers would have known about the allegations against Hasson.
Associated Press
December 31, 2022
Professor Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, depicted Benedict as “a man of unwavering faith, deep conviction and towering intellect,” yet added that he left “a complicated legacy.”
Newsweek
December 31, 2022
Speaking to Newsweek Professor Kathleen Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, described Benedict as "a man of unwavering faith, deep conviction and towering intellect who indelibly shaped the church."
America
December 31, 2022
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement that Benedict leaves “a complicated legacy.”
The New York Times
December 20, 2022
“Sainthood links the local church to the universal church,” says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, who wrote “A Saint of Our Own,” about the more than century-old campaign for a patron saint of the United States (leading contenders include St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Kateri Tekakwitha, though each was born before the country’s founding).
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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October 05, 2022
In addition to talking to the kids, Kelly sat down with two professors who love their work, Kathy Cummings (winner of the 2021 Sheedy Award for Excellence in Teaching) who teaches history and Sam Newlands, a philosopher who studies hope, optimism and transformative experiences.
National Catholic Reporter
July 29, 2022
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American 91视频 and the director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, called the pope's move "far too little" and "far too late."
Angelus News
July 12, 2022
“How much longer should Catholic women be expected to be grateful at being offered crumbs from the table?” asked Kathleen Cummings, professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, in a July 6 statement.
Religion News Service
July 07, 2022
Others think the pope’s appointment of women at the Vatican is too little, too late. “Will these new appointees have any actual power?” wondered Kathleen Cummings, professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, in a statement on Wednesday (July 6.)
CNN
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March 16, 2022
Features interview with Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Professor of American 91视频 and History and Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism.
The Revealer
March 07, 2022
“There were overflowing novitiates, overflowing seminaries after the War, and people talk about, ‘let’s go back to normal, to the 40s.’ But actually, that wasn’t normal at all,” said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of American religious history at the University of Notre Dame.
NPR
November 18, 2021
NPR's A Martinez talks to Kathleen Sprows Cummings of Notre Dame, about U.S. Catholic Bishops approving a position paper urging Catholics to abide by church teachings if they take communion.
The New York Times
October 29, 2021
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NPR
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September 23, 2021
Kathleen Sprows Cummings is a Professor of American 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame.
Associated Press
September 04, 2021
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The Washington Post
June 18, 2021
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America
June 10, 2021
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This is her place
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June 02, 2021
Kathleen Sprows Cummings is a professor of American 91视频 and History at Notre Dame University, the Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at Notre Dame, and is an expert on the history of women religious.
National Catholic Reporter
May 29, 2021
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National Geographic
May 03, 2021
The definition of what is holy changes over time, says聽Kathleen Sprows Cummings, history professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of the book聽A Saint of Our Own. 鈥淲e reinvent saints in each age.鈥�
CNBC
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April 03, 2021
Kathleen Sprows Cummings talks to The News with Shepard Smith.
National Catholic Reporter
March 03, 2021
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, who was teaching a class at that time on "Catholics in America," told NCR the campus debates were professionally and pedagogically very rewarding, as they led to lively conversation with her students.
ABC News
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February 01, 2021
"Pope Francis has talked about the need to find a better kind of politics, a less polarizing kind of politics. And I think in that sense, he's expressing his hope that Joe Biden could be the one to open that conversation," said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.
WSBT
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January 24, 2021
While President Biden and John F. Kennedy share the same faith, Notre Dame history professor Kathleen Sprows Cummings says the way they show it is drastically different.
Today Show
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January 24, 2021
Interview with聽Kathleen Sprows Cummings, American studies.聽
National Catholic Reporter
January 19, 2021
Historian Kathleen Sprows Cummings told NCR that while there were a few Catholic Cabinet members during the 19th century, they were outliers and "their Catholicism didn't matter to their public life in any discernible way."
The Washington Post
December 09, 2020
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The Progressive
December 03, 2020
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