the catholic tradition
Saint Mary's is dedicated to an understanding of the whole person, a dedication rooted in the College's Catholic tradition. Every member of the SMC community is treated with dignity and has license to explore the tension between faith and reason, law and morality, individual liberty and social justice. Not everyone at Saint Mary's is Catholic, but everyone at Saint Mary's benefits from the College's Catholic tradition. We're a welcoming, searching, spirited educational community.
"The Catholic tradition calls us to address the students' ultimate concerns: Why are we here? What are our obligations to one another and to ourselves? What is the meaning of our existence?"
- Stephen Woolpert, Professor of the Year 2003
