The passing of Coach Lou Holtz, the leader of the last team to win a national football championship at Notre Dame, will continue to reverberate for a good while. The most important reason for that is not the resurrection of a national title for Notre Dame under his leadership but for his enduring character, his building of character in the men he led, and the way, as Father Wilson Miscamble details in his column in memoriam at First Things, his witness grew stronger as he aged and spoke to audiences of all kinds across the United States. Lou Holtz's directness and toughness were paired with a rare gentility, rooted in his recognition that the Catholic faith itself is grounded in the love of a mother whose Son's loss in this world was the road to victory over death for His children.