One thing Mark is committed to is Protestant/Catholic dialogue. Notre Dame is a good place to do that. There are lots of serious Catholics and Protestants who want to think about those issues.

Find the Lord, find the saints of the times, but also find the not canonized, simple persons who are really in the heart of the Church.

As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.

Confucians, along with Hebrew, Islamic, and Catholic scholastics, as well as Protestant fundamentalists, are like tourists who study guidebooks and maps instead of wandering freely and looking at the view. Speech and writing are undoubtedly marvelous, but for this very reason they have a hypnotic and fascinating quality which can lead to the neglect of nature itself until they become too much of a good thing.

I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant Catholics, whether we're from Methodist or Baptist or what.

I think there's a moment here, ... Notre Dame is becoming a formidable opponent again. They're both back. This is good stuff. That's when this game is at its best, when both teams are good. I wouldn't want to miss this.