Dolan receives honorary degree from Lewis University | 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 › Dolan receives honorary degree from Lewis University Dolan receives honorary degree from Lewis University Published: June 21, 2001 Author: Michael O. Garvey p. p. Jay P. Dolan, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, received an honorary doctor of humanities degree from Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill., during its commencement ceremonies May 20.p. Dolan was cited for his “scholarly and pastoral articulation of the rich history and varied character of American Catholicism.”p. A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1971, Dolan studied at the Gregorian University in Rome, from which he received a licentiate in sacred theology in 1962, and holds master’s and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Chicago. A scholar of American religious history and a specialist in the history of Catholicism, he founded Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism in 1977 and served as its director until 1993.p. In addition to courses in American religious history and American Catholicism, Dolan teaches courses on immigration history and the history of the Irish in the United States. He is author of “The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Time to the Present,” “Catholic Revivalism: The American Experience, 1830-1900,” and “The Immigrant Church: New York’s Irish and German Catholics, 1815-1865” and coauthor of “The American Catholic Parish: A History from 1850 to the Present” and “Transforming Parish Ministry: The Changing Roles of Catholic Clergy, Laity, and Women Religious in the United States.” p. TopicID: 2518 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us 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