Get behind the students who stand tall for the Truth of Catholicism and fight daily for #NotreDame's Catholic mission #NDday through midnight Apr 19 #GoCatholicND" Click To Tweet Vote for Catholic Identity In case you haven’t heard, the 29-hour giveathon — Notre Dame Day — is underway and ends just after midnight tomorrow, Monday, April 19, 2021. Read More
Easter Message 2021
Christ the Lord is Risen, Alleluia!He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia! by Father John Raphael, ’89 https://vimeo.com/532726765Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Sycamore Trust Easter Message 2021 (https://vimeo.com/532726765) There are no more glorious, no more wondrous, no more powerful words than those of the Church’s great Easter acclamation, Christ the Lord is risen, Alleluia! Read More
Supporting Amy Coney Barrett
.@NDLaw alumni act now to show your support for @JudgeAmyBarrett s nomination by adding your signature to a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. #GoCatholicND Click To Tweet To the Senate Judiciary Committee As we have said before, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is, in all respects, an estimable candidate for the next Associate Justice of Read More
Outstanding Students
Mackenzie Kraker ('19) and James Martinson ('19) to receive @SycamoreTrust Student Awards for outstanding contribution to #NotreDame's Catholic identity during #NDReunion. #GoCatholicND" Click To Tweet Every year at our Annual Breakfast during Reunion Weekend we recognize undergraduates who have made an outstanding contribution to strengthening Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. The award comes with a donation Read More
The Hesburgh Phenomenon
Fr. Bill Miscamble’s biography of Fr. Ted Hesburgh describes his good works but also his lasting influence in draining “Catholic” from “Catholic university" in #AmericanPriest #GoCatholicND" Click To Tweet The Hesburgh Phenomenon by William Dempsey (Reprinted with permission from The Catholic Thing, copyright reserved.) Saturday, April 27, 2019 In the pantheon of Notre Dame superheroes, Read More
Gentleman of the Year
Notre Dame senior, Jim Martinson, awarded 2019 Gentlemen Showcase award by community of conservative women @NeWNetwork #GoCatholicND Click To Tweet On Mar 1, 2019, at 9:54 AM, Alain Oliver wrote: Dear Bill & Jim, I imagine that you might have already peeked at the voting totals (2/28, at midnight). But it brings me great joy Read More
Follow The Leader
On Tuesday, July 31, Bill Dempsey sent the following letter respecting the McCarrick affair to Father Jenkins and the other Fellows of the University on behalf of the officers and trustees of Sycamore Trust: Call To Action If you agree, we hope you will second our request to revoke the honorary degree Notre Dame awarded Read More
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness!
In our current bulletin, we reproduce a letter we have sent to the University of Notre Dame Trustees submitting a petition from alumni and friends urging them to end the provision of abortifacients to students and employees and to reverse Father Jenkins’s decision to include contraceptives in Notre Dame’s health plans for students and employees. Read More
2018 Student Award Recipients
Every year at our Annual Breakfast during Reunion Weekend we recognize undergraduates who have made an outstanding contribution to strengthening Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. The award comes with a donation made in their names to a campus group of their choice. This year’s recipients are Sarah Drumm, ’18, and Sarah Ortiz, ’19. The video below about Read More
School For Scandal
Notre Dame had it right in its lawsuit against the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. There, Dr. John Affleck-Graves, the University’s Executive Vice President, swore to the court that compliance with the mandate would “violate Notre Dame’s religious beliefs” because it would cause scandal, especially to its students: Therefore, he concluded: Now, in a stupefying pivot, Father Jenkins Read More