“What does the lovely flush in a beauty’s cheek mean to a doctor but a ‘break’ that ripples above some deadly disease? And doesn’t he sometimes wonder whether he has gained most or lost most by learning his trade?” — Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi
“To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood” – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.” –Plato
“Every part which does not harmonize with its whole is disgraceful.” — St. Augustine, Confessions III.8
Editor-in-chief Nicholas Schmitz greets the incoming class of ’27
“My past, O Lord, to Thy mercy; my present, to Thy love; my future, to Thy providence.” – St. Pio of Pietrelcina
A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You the people must give it this soul. –Pope St. John Paul II
“If being human is essentially about relation to God, it is clear that speaking with, and listening to, God is an essential part of it.”
– Pope Benedict XVI
Why Notre Dame cannot ignore the instrumental goodness her secular reputation