Thank you for this thoughtful and thought-provoking essay, Jonathan.
In poking around on the internet, I found a story by Ed Cohen, "One Lake or Two," Notre Dame Magazine, Autumn 2004. Cohen says the property was originally called Sainte-Marie-des-Lacs (Saint Mary of the Lakes). There were two lakes, separated by marshland, but it might have looked like one at the time of year when Father Sorin founded his "University," as he envisioned it would become. Also, I found two other schools with similar names: Baton Rouge's "Our Lady of the Lake College" (founded 1921) changed its name to "Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University" a few years back, and San Antonio (founded 1895) is home to "Our Lady of the Lake University" (also formerly a college). They each have a lake as well. It's interesting how things come to be named.
Thank you for this thoughtful and thought-provoking essay, Jonathan.
In poking around on the internet, I found a story by Ed Cohen, "One Lake or Two," Notre Dame Magazine, Autumn 2004. Cohen says the property was originally called Sainte-Marie-des-Lacs (Saint Mary of the Lakes). There were two lakes, separated by marshland, but it might have looked like one at the time of year when Father Sorin founded his "University," as he envisioned it would become. Also, I found two other schools with similar names: Baton Rouge's "Our Lady of the Lake College" (founded 1921) changed its name to "Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University" a few years back, and San Antonio (founded 1895) is home to "Our Lady of the Lake University" (also formerly a college). They each have a lake as well. It's interesting how things come to be named.