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Date 1842 - present
Areas Of Involvement Roman Catholicism
Notable Alumni Amy Coney Barrett • Condoleezza Rice • Joe Montana • Regis Philbin • Stephen M. Shortell • Alistair MacLeod • Thom Browne • Nicholas Sparks • Joe Donnelly • Paul Hornung • Nikole Hannah-Jones • Alan Page • Mark Shields • Barry Lopez • Phil Donahue
Related People Knute Rockne • Theodore Hesburgh • Frank Leahy • Edward Frederick Sorin

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