๐‡๐€๐๐๐˜ ๐๐Ž๐“๐‘๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐Œ๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜!ย 
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โ€œ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’‰๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’….โ€ โ€“ St. Augustine
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary marks the dawn of redemption, the sign of hope, and the beginning of our promised salvation. โœจ
Today, Notre Dame University joined the Church in commemorating this special day with the theme: โ€œ๐˜–๐˜”๐˜ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿข๐Ÿข ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜”๐˜ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€
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๐€๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒโ€”model of humility, compassion, and unwavering trust in God. In her life, we see the embodiment of Faith that grounds us, Integrity that guides us, Respect that unites us, Excellence that inspires us, and Service that calls us to love beyond ourselves.
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As the day draws to a close, we may Maryโ€™s faithful assent, her pure love, and her steadfast faith continue to shine as our light, ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’•๐’“๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘บ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’†๐’†๐’….