Badin Hall: Chapel of St. Stephen
“I will fix a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance.” (2nd Samuel 8)
Our final stop in our journey through Advent is the newest chapel on Notre Dame’s campus, the Chapel of St. Stephen in the newly renovated Badin Hall.
The first reading from today’s liturgy features King David, who greatly desired to build a house for the Lord. The Lord assures David in a dream that God himself will build a house for him.
Tonight, as we will hear at Christmas Eve Mass, Jesus will be born as a homeless child, in a stable, looking for a place to rest and finding very little. Jesus comes to us on Christmas, looking for a dwelling place in the temple of our hearts.
As we ponder the great beauty of this chapel and the great love and care God expresses in today’s scripture reading, let us ask ourselves: how can we make a home for God in our hearts this Christmas?
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Thank You Notre Dame. This was a great way to prepare for Christmas. Please do it again next year. Go Irish! ☘️🎅🏼🙏🏻
I loved this advent journey with ND and hope you will do it again next year! Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Thank you for the opportunity for prayer reflection during this beautiful Advent.
Thank you. The beautiful Chapels of Notre Dame provided peaceful settings for meaningful reflection during our Advent journey
Thank you for this journey through the campus chapels for Advent. Please do this again next year!
Thank you for the daily scripture meditations. Let peace find a place in our hearts and in our fractured world – only the peace that Christ can give!
I just reread all the comments for the entire month from each chapel. What a spiritual thrill to experience ! Try it ,
Thank your& Merry Christmas!
Today’s message is a wonderful way to approach each day of the year! The challenge is to bring Christ into the world once we have embraced him personally.
Thanks for the beautiful messages during Advent!
It was a wonderful journey through Advent. I was impressed by the faith of the students and the beautiful messages each day. Thank you and please do it for Lent and Advent again.
This has, truly, been a great spiritual journey through Advent. I really did not want it to come to and end. I will be keeping the entire series and hope to use it frequently. I do hope this will continue next Advent . Thank you!
Hannah, your video was the best way to finish this Advent journey for me. I’m also from Albuquerque and attended Notre Dame some 35 years ago so when you said you were Albuquerque it made me smile. I have vivid memories of the Campus before Christmas break, walking to the grotto to light a candle and pray for myself and my friends during finals week. I don’t know if you will see these comments but I hope you love your time at Notre Dame and that you and your family have a blessed Christmas. Feliz Navidad.
Thank you so much for helping me keep my heart and mind open to Jesus.
Have a blessed Christmas.
Thank you for the month of inspiration,very well done!
I have shared this series with my family. My husband, the ND grad sent it to his classmates, who have I turn sent it to more families and friends. The chapels are beautiful as are the students who delivered Gods words to us. Thank you.
This has been a great way to start each day. Thank you! God bless us all, that we truly learn to love each other.
Many thanks for this blessed journey! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
I lived for the best two years of my time at ND in Badin Hall, back when it was a men’s dorm (1967-1969). The rowdies were on the top floor but we were better. I lived in room 337, next to where Father Hesburgh had lived. I saw the new chapel from the outside earlier this year but could not get in. It looks great. But piety is meaningless if it does not strengthen a commitment to serving others. I’ve spent my life taking care of poor disadvantaged kids with developmental disabilities. I hope the current Badin residents will also commit to a lifetime of service, not just meaningless piety and financially successful business careers. The Grotto is just a few steps away from Badin Hall.
Jesus was not born as a homeless child. Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to register as all people had to do. Most people could not find a room, do to all the people coming to register. Joseph and Mary were fortunate to find a stable, that was warm. They were not the only people turned away from the inn.
Joseph was a carpenter and had means to support Mary and Jesus.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Thank you Notre Dame and the Alumni Association for this Advent gift. You have truly enriched my Advent season. I lived in Farley and my children lived in Stanford, Keenan and McGlinn. I so enjoyed seeing these chapels this season. Please do this again next year. Merry Christmas and Thank you so much.