“Malicious!” “Preposterous!”
[bctt tweet=”#NotreDame sued for not going far enough in scuttling its long-standing policy against providing contraceptives to employees and students. #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] As we noted in our last bulletin, a new lawsuit has been filed claiming that Notre Dame hasn’t gone far enough in scuttling its long-standing policy against providing contraceptives to employees and students. […]
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness!
[bctt tweet=”#NotreDame Trustees receive #SycamoreTrust petition and open letter from more than 100 alumni attorneys warning of a judicial inquiry. #GoCatholicND”] 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 […]
2018 Student Award Recipients
[bctt tweet=”Sarah Drumm, ’18, and Sara Ortiz, ’19, to receive @SycamoreTrust Student Awards for outstanding contribution to #NotreDame ‘s Catholic identity during #NDReunion. #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] 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 […]
Conveniently Blind
[bctt tweet=”Blind to moral consequences, #NotreDame will operationalize Fr. Jenkins’s contraceptive culture through its wellness center. #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] The university has now disclosed the unsettling details of its contraception program. Coverage will include drugs that cause abortions; they will be prescribed and provided through the campus wellness center; and abortifacients will be provided free for […]
School For Scandal
[bctt tweet=”#NotreDame Students distribute condoms on the heel of President Jenkins’s new contraception policy. #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] 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 […]
“Notre Dame Swallows the Pill”
[bctt tweet=”Fr. Jenkins’s repudiation of #NotreDame’s contraception policy is “a giant leap into immorality.” #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] Notre Dame Swallows the Pill by Gerard V. Bradley Reprinted with permission from The Public Discourse. February 8th, 2018 The University has announced it is to be the sole funder, unaccompanied proprietor, and director of distribution of what it […]
A Day To Support Notre Dame’s Catholic Mission
[bctt tweet=”You can support the students who fight daily for the Catholic mission of #NotreDame by giving to them on #NDDAY April 23. #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] Notre Dame Day, which begins this evening and runs through tomorrow, provides an unusual opportunity to support Notre Dame organizations devoted to the Catholic mission of the University. The live […]
Giving Discernment a Bad Name
[bctt tweet=”Father John I. Jenkins elevates his private judgment over the teaching of his bishop and the Church in deciding #NotreDame should cooperate with moral evil. #GoCatholicND” username=”sycamoretrust”] We now have the fourth installment of Father Jenkins’s Policy-of-the-Month contraception misadventure. He has finally decided to claim an exemption from the Obamacare mandate and to have […]
Statement of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
[bctt tweet=”Bishop Rhoades rejects Notre Dame president Fr. Jenkins’s claim that his decision to have Notre Dame provide contraceptives to students and employees is “based on Catholic principles.”” username=”sycamoretrust”] Regarding the Notre Dame Decision on Contraceptive Coverage “I strongly support the decision of the University of Notre Dame to stop the government-funded provision, through its […]
Faculty For Life Open Letter to Fr. John Jenkins
[bctt tweet=”Notre Dame Faculty For Life expresses shock at the decision of the school’s president to continue the University’s involvement in the distribution of abortifacients and contraceptives when it no longer has to.” username=”sycamoretrust”] We reproduce below an important letter from the Executive Board of the Notre Dame Chapter of University Faculty for Life published […]
