Notre Dame creates position to coordinate life initiatives | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame creates position to coordinate life initiatives Notre Dame creates position to coordinate life initiatives Published: September 20, 2010 Author: Dennis Brown A final recommendation from the Task Force on Supporting the Choice for Life at the University of Notre Dame recently was accepted by the University’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. As it completed its term of service in May, the task force recommended to Father Jenkins that structures be created to implement previous recommendations and continue the group’s work. In response, Father Jenkins has established the position of coordinator for university life initiatives and appointed Mary K. Daly to the post. Daly, a 2010 Notre Dame graduate who served as president of Notre Dame Right to Life as an undergraduate, will coordinate efforts already under way to implement the recommendations of the task force, serve as a liaison between various University units in order to facilitate collaboration on life issues, and seek ways to broaden and deepen respect for the sanctity of life from conception to natural death within the Notre Dame community and beyond. Daly’s office will be located in the Institute for Church Life. She will report to John C. Cavadini, the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life and co-chair of the task force, and through Cavadini report to Father Jenkins. Among her first responsibilities will be to assist in the organization of a faculty advisory committee to be chaired by Cavadini. “I would like to thank the members of the task force for their exemplary service over the course of the last academic year,” Father Jenkins said, “and I look forward to continued progress in this important area as we work together in future years.” Father Jenkins created the task force a year ago to consider and recommend ways in which Notre Dame can support the sanctity of life. Margaret Brinig, Fritz Duda Family Professor of Law, joined Cavadini as a co-chair. Several task force recommendations already have borne fruit, including Father Jenkins’ participation in January in the March for Life, the adoption of a statement on the University’s unequivocal support of Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life, and the development of principles for charitable giving that provide standards for the University and its representatives in making determinations on giving in a way consonant with institutional beliefs. In addition to Brinig and Cavadini, members of the task force were Ann Astell, theology; Kathleen Kelley, student; Mary Ellen Konieczny, sociology; Rev. William Lies, C.S.C., Center for Social Concerns; and Rev. Mark Poorman, C.S.C., theology and former vice president for student affairs. Frances Shavers, chief of staff and special assistant to the president, and Todd Woodward, associate vice president for marketing communications, served as task force liaisons. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn