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Football weekend events: Notre Dame vs. California

Author: Erin Blasko

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The University of Notre Dame football team will host the University of California at 2:30 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 17) at Notre Dame Stadium. Visitors to campus for the game can enjoy a variety of events and traditions, from lectures and tours to musical performances. For more information, visit experiencesandevents.nd.edu/gameday. 

Friday (Sept. 16)

  • Kevin Beasley, “Chair of the Ministers of Defense,” through Dec. 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snite Museum of Art.
  • Football Fridays at the Eck, featuring tailgate food, interviews with special guests, performances from student groups, giveaways and more, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eck Visitors Center.
  • Confession, 11 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Mass, 11:30 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Innovation Rally, featuring networking and an interactive showcase of emerging and cutting-edge Notre Dame startups and technologies, noon to 1:30 p.m., Innovation Park.
  • Meet Your Favorite Notre Dame Authors, 1:30 to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 5 p.m., Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore.
  • Tom Mendoza Presents: A Conversation with David Reilly, former chief technology officer for Bank of America, 2 to 3 p.m., Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business.
  • “Dante Now!” 2 to 4:30 p.m., multiple locations.
  • Mendoza Graduate Business Programs Open House, 2 to 3 p.m., Mendoza College of Business Atrium.
  • Ahead of the Game with Arts and Letters, “Amazing Artifacts: The Hidden History of Notre Dame,” featuring Heather Hyde Minor, professor of art history at Notre Dame, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., LaBar Recital Hall, O’Neill Hall of Music.
  • “Ireland on the World’s Stage: Ireland’s Term on the U.N. Security Council,” featuring Geraldine Byrne Nason, ambassador of Ireland to the U.S., 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Hesburgh Center Auditorium.
  • “Thunder From the Sky,” organ music, 3:30 to 3:45 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Midday drummers circle, 4 to 4:10 p.m., Main Quad.
  • “The U.S. Intelligence Community: Assessing Global Threats in Service to Country,” featuring Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines in conversation with Amy McAuliffe, a ’90 alumna and assistant director of the CIA’s Weapons and Counterproliferation Mission Center, 4 to 5:30 p.m., DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
  • MVP Fridays, “How Do We Hope in Hard Times?” featuring Norman Wirzba, the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University, 4 to 6 p.m., Stinson-Remick Hall Atrium.
  • Trumpets at the Dome, 4:10 to 4:20 p.m., Main Quad.
  • Band march-out to rehearsal, 4:30 to 4:45 p.m., Main Quad.
  • Confession, 4:45 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Band open rehearsal, 4:45 to 5:30 p.m., Ricci Family Fields.
  • Glee Club open rehearsal, 5 to 5:30 p.m., LaBar Recital Hall, O’Neill Hall of Music.
  • Bagpipe music on the Wind Family Fireside Terrace, 5 to 5:30 p.m., Morris Inn.
  • Mass, 5:15 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Friday Night Bash, featuring food trucks, drinks and live music, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Notre Dame Stadium Concourse.
  • Daily Rosary, 6:45 p.m., Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.
  • “Staying in the Game: A Discussion with Leaders in the Sports and Entertainment Industry,” featuring Raghib “Rocket” Ismail (class of ’94) and other Notre Dame alumni, 7 to 8:30 p.m., DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
  • Concert for the Missions, featuring Campus Ministry choirs, 8 to 9 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Midnight drummers circle, 11:59 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Main Quad.

Saturday (Sept. 17)

  • Confession, 10 to 11 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart Crypt.
  • Museum of Biodiversity tours, 9 to 11 a.m., 102 Jordan Hall of Science.
  • Undergraduate Admissions Information Session, 10:15 a.m., DeBartolo Hall (registration required).
  • Notre Dame Bagpipe Band Concert, 10:30 to 11 a.m., Main Quad.
  • Saturdays with the Saints, Saint Louis de Montfort, featuring Andrew Ouellette, director of campus ministry at Holy Cross College, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Lower Level, Geddes Hall.
  • Wind Family Fireside Terrace Tailgate, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Morris Inn.
  • Legends Tailgate of Champions, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Legends of Notre Dame.
  • Science Exploration Series, “Cracking the Brain’s Mysteries: Novel Strategies to Cure Neurodegenerative Diseases,” featuring Kevin Vaughan, associate professor of biological sciences at Notre Dame, 11 a.m. to noon, 101 Jordan Hall of Science.
  • Medieval Combat Demonstration, featuring Theatrica Gladiatoria, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., McCourtney Green.
  • Clinical Alumni Network Fall Lecture Series, “Pain: The Human and Economic Crisis,” featuring Paul Christo, associate professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 105 Jordan Hall of Science.
  • Gameday Rosary, 11 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
  • Mass, 11:30 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart Crypt.
  • Notre Dame Glee Club in Revue, 11:30 a.m. to noon, Hesburgh Library Reflecting Pool.
  • Kevin Beasley, “Chair of the Ministers of Defense,” through Dec. 17, noon to 5 p.m., Snite Museum of Art.
  • Victory March (formerly Player Walk), noon to 12:30 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart to Notre Dame Stadium.
  • Trumpets at the Dome, 12:30 to 12:40 p.m., Main Quad.
  • Band Concert on the Steps, 1 to 1:30 p.m., Bond Hall.
  • Band march-out, 1:45 to 2 p.m., Main Quad.
  • Mass, 30 minutes after the game, Basilica of the Sacred Heart and DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Sunday (Sept. 18)

  • Mass, 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon, Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

Originally published by Erin Blasko at news.nd.edu on September 14, 2022.