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ACE grad creates "Sorin Starts a School" to benefit the work of Holy Cross in Bangladesh

Experience the depth and delight of Notre Dame’s founding in the pages of this beautiful picture book.

Sorin Starts a School: Katie Broussard

On its surface, Sorin Starts a School: The Foundation of Notre Dame is about building the university, but the main point is to introduce readers to the spirituality of the Congregation of Holy Cross (CSC), the order that founded the school.

Sorin Starts a SchoolThis spirituality as well as the accompaniment of the men and women of Holy Cross have been a profound gift, and illustrator Katie Mitchell Broussard (ACE 11) and author Paul Mitchell are overjoyed to share it with others in this new picture book.

All proceeds support the work of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Bangladesh.

Katie and Paul are offering a special discounts to ACE graduates and friends from now until December 1, 2021. 

  • ACE1 for 10% off of one copy of Sorin Starts a School
  • ACE3 for 30% off of three copies of Sorin Starts a School

Both include free shipping!

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In addition to supporting the work of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Bangladesh through your purchase, If you would like to purchase a book to donate to an ACE school, please list the shipping address as:

Taylor Kelly
107 Carole Sandner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Books will be shipped to the ACE office to then be shared with ACE schools via members of the ACE Team. In the "order notes" you can write if there is a specific school that you would like your purchased book to be donated to. Please note that each order can only be shipped to one address, so if you are ordering multiple books to be shipped to separate addresses, please place a separate order for each address. 


Learn more about the book at cordepress.com.

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