The marrow of a Catholic college is not a system of thought, but a saving personality.
Francis J. O’Malley
The purpose of Sycamore Trust is to provide a source of information, a means of communication, and a collective voice to Notre Dame alumni and others in the Notre Dame family who are concerned about preserving the Catholic identity of the University.
A Catholic University, as Catholic, informs and carries out its research, teaching, and all other activities with Catholic ideals, principles, and attitudes.
“The statement of our President barely mentions the
Church....It is as though the mere mention of a
relationship with the Church has become so alien to our
ways of thinking and so offensive to our quest for a
disembodied ‘excellence’ that it has become impolite to
mention it at all.”
Dr. John C. Cavadini, Chair
Department of Theology
University of Notre Dame
