The University of Notre Dame’s theology program has ... near the iconic Golden Dome of Notre Dame’s Main Building in South Bend, Indiana. (photo: Shawn Pemrick Photography / Shutterstock ...

Notre Dame and its renowned symbols — the golden helmets to match the dome atop the Main Building on campus, the Touchdown Jesus mural overlooking the football stadium — are recognizable ...

The band. The gold-painted helmets, intended to look like the Golden Dome of the main building on campus. All of this began a slow conversion in me: Maybe I at least liked Notre Dame football.