Commencement 2025: Seniors' Last Visit to the Grotto @NotreDame

Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

The transition from Senior Week to Commencement Weekend begins with the Seniors' Last Visit to the Grotto.

While it won't be the last time members of the Class of 2025 visit the sacred space on their own, it's the last time they'll visit together.

Commencement 2025: Seniors Last Visit to the Grotto

$Bringing Democracy Back from the Brink: A Strategic Vision and a Call to Action This Notre Dame Forum event is co-sponsored by the Office of the President and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the University’s Keough School of Global Affairs. Allens lecture is the 31st Annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy. Featuring: Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University; Director, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation How do we repair our fractured democracy? Danielle Allen believes the path to health lies through re-building a supermajority of people—of all political ideologies—ready to work together to support constitutional democracy. In a time of increased polarization and weakening trust, it might seem impossible to create such a supermajority, but Allen will show us where and how we can build this supermajority, and why it is important.$

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