Times of Grace ─ Spiritual Rhythms of the Year at the University of Notre Dame

In Signs of Grace (R&L 2001), Nicholas Ayo, C.S.C., described the spaces and places of the Notre Dame campus.Times of Grace is the follow-up to this acclaimed and successful meditation. In four parts divided by season,Times of Grace explores ordinary moments of study and play, quiet times set aside for personal and academic reflection, and official university and Catholic holidays. Days at Notre Dame are filled with unnoticed glory in the punctuating events of each year. Ayo traces through these shared experiences a common thread of community spirit and individual reflection.

Father Nicholas Ayo, C.S.C., is a Holy Cross priest and a professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame. A 1956 graduate of Notre Dame, he is the author of six books, several of which were featured selections of national book clubs. His bookThe Hail Mary: A Verbal Icon of Mary won the Cardinal Wright Book Award from the Mariological Society of America in 1994.