Labors from the Heart

<p><em>Labors from the Heart</em> a collection of personal narratives comes from the inspiring day-to-day work of people who attempt to prove the Catholic university true to its mission.</p><p>Some of the essays are written specifically about the individual Christian ministries--residence hall ministry liturgical coordination marriage preparation and enrichment and adult Christian formation. Others are about faculty and administrative activities which find a distinctive home in a Catholic university--a law school's legal aid clinic for the poor and marginalized an alumni association's continuing education program with a special focus on social justice and professional ethics an innovative program for training a corps of young teachers for underserved Catholic schools. Some are narratives by people who have a professional or personal stake in the vitality of Catholic higher education--an alumna who provides a retrospective of the meaning of her education a writer who commits acts of public relations on behalf of the University.</p><p>Faculty staff administrators and alumni provide personal perspectives on how the Catholic character of a university such as Notre Dame is realized in their own occupations ministries and vocations.</p>