text: May the Newman and Sycamore societies and others who blast Notre Dame for "giving up its Catholic identity" read this and be ashamed for making false charges. Notre Dame is soooo authentically Catholic. More than ever. Fr. McNeill's story proves it. His students over years and over  miles confirm it daily in 2017. He helped make Notre Dame both a great Catholic university and a Catholic great university. Deo Gratias.