Ever Wanted to Live at Notre Dame?

Here's your chance. If you haven't been to campus in the past 12 months or so -- you're in for a big surprise. Eddy Street Commons, a real-estate development located immediately south of campus, is filling up with owners, tenants, businesses and PEOPLE. This photo is of the Champions Way City Homes which face the Notre Dame campus off of Angela Boulevard. 22 of these homes, priced at $400,000 or so -- have already been sold. Here's a story in the South Bend Tribune which updates the progress of this community -- along with a link to the development's website:

EDDY STREET COMMONS UPDATE

EDDY STREET COMMONS WEBSITE

Notre Dame's ACE -- Rolls Into Richmond

The University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) is sending four of its "teachers" into the Richmond (VA) Diocese this month. In its 16th year of serving Catholic education in America, ACE will place 180 young teachers, who are completing their masters of education degrees at Notre Dame, into Catholic dioceses across the nation. These teachers come from some 50 undergraduate schools, including Notre Dame, and commit to two years of service at primarily city and rural Catholic elementary and high schools. In addition, ACE has 48 students enrolled in the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program, a master’s degree program that prepares aspiring leaders to be principals and superintendents for Catholic schools. The "brain-child" of Co-Founders; Fr. Tim Scully, C.S.C. and Fr. Sean McGraw, C.S.C., ACE is a great example of Notre Dame "giving back" to the Catholic Church in America. Here's a story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch about ACE coming to town. There's a second link to the ACE website -- if you'd like to learn more about this wonderful program:

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FROM NOTRE DAME

NOTRE DAME'S ACE WEBSITE