A Cave of Candles: The Story Behind Notre Dame's Grotto
For those who may be interested in learning more about the  University of Notre Dame, Dorothy V. Corson also has an Internet website  titled:The Spirit of Notre Dame:  Its History, Legends and Lore. The newly published book,A Cave of Candles:  The Story Behind Notre  Dame's Grottooriginated on that website.  It became a reality in book  form after continual requests from website readers asking if the historical  research was available in bookstores.Dorothy's 1994 first person journal of research,A Cave of Candles:  The  Story Behind the Notre Dame Grotto- what she found and how she found  it -- went online on Lourdes Day, February 11, 2000.   It was accompanied  by a shorter third person 1995 version titledNotre Dame's Grottowhich was condensed and rewritten in chronological order focused on Our  Lady's influence on the campus from Sorin's arrival.The second more focused version became the newly published book under the  title of the original journal,A Cave of Candles:  The Story Behind  Notre Dame's Grotto.During the 15 years of her research, Dorothy found herself taking  interesting side paths researching little known legend and lore stories she  happened upon by chance during her search.  Soon they became just too  irresistible not to pursue so she recorded them along the way.She felt it would be a shame not to share them too on her website.  Yet  there were so many that preparing them to go online would be a humongous  job.  She had only one alternative.  Learn to be a webmaster and add them  herself or leave them unshared.  The answer was obvious, but she would need  a new main page for her website that would encompass all the new things on  it.The next day, she awoke with an idea for the perfect name --The Spirit  of Notre Dame:  Its History, Legends and Lore- and she was hooked!   She knew her Notre Dame odyssey would not be complete until that last  mission was also accomplished.Her newThe Spirit of Notre Damemain page, which now includes "Fr.  Corby's Favor Granted at Lourdes" and her "Notre Dame Legend and Lore"  stories - went online on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003.In the spring of 2006 work began on the third person published book version  of her online research.  Most of the photographs were redone at a much  higher quality, and more were added along with a new "Author's Personal  Epilogue."A Cave of Candles: The Story Behind Notre Dame's Grottohas at last  become a reality.  It arrived in bookstores on December 13, 2006.Voila, mission accomplished!