An Academic Convocation will be held at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, October 28, 2021 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. will confer an honorary degree on His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and the Ecumenical Patriarch will deliver an address on environmental stewardship. The convocation will also feature the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir performing “Creation: From Adam to Salvation,” in honor of His All-Holiness.