Thomas Aquinas College - Events Feed

Tutor Summer Program

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:48 -0700

Start: 20/05/2013 - 5:05pm

End: 21/06/2013 - 5:05pm

For the tutors at Thomas Aquinas College, summer learning begins shortly after graduation, with thrice-weekly, 90-minute morning seminars that continue through the end of June. “It is important that our tutors never cease to be students,” remarks Dean Brian T. Kelly. “For our own benefit and for that of our students, we must grow in the understanding of the truth that underlies our course of studies.”

Memorial Day — Office Holiday

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:05:03 -0700

Start: 27/05/2013 - 9:28am

End: 27/05/2013 - 9:28am

Alumni Association Dinner

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:41:25 -0700

Start: 01/06/2013 - 11:12am

End: 01/06/2013 - 11:12am

You are cordially invited to
an evening of excellent food, fine wine,
and captivating conversation at

Thomas Aquinas College

Please join us in honoring fellow alumnus

Dr. Thomas Kaiser (’75)

The first tutor to teach every class in the College's program

The Thomas Aquinas College Golf Classic at Sherwood Country Club

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:13 -0700

Start: 03/06/2013 - 10:00am

End: 03/06/2013 - 10:00am

The Seventh Annual

Thomas Aquinas College
Golf Classic

Sherwood Country Club

2013 West Coast Meeting of the Society for Aristotelian-Thomistic Studies

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:01:55 -0700

Start: 13/06/2013 - 3:52pm

End: 14/06/2013 - 3:52pm

Philosophy and the Arts

Thursday June 13
Lecture 1

Fifth Annual Conference on the Social Doctrine of the Church

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:33:44 -0700

Start: 14/06/2013 - 1:45pm

End: 16/06/2013 - 1:45pm

“Faith and Religious Liberty”

Opening Dinner on June 14
through Closing Brunch on June 16, 2013

Independence Day — Office Holiday

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:20:11 -0800

Start: 04/07/2013 - 11:21am

End: 04/07/2013 - 11:21am

Summer Seminar Weekend #1

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:19:12 -0800

Start: 12/07/2013 - 12:00am

End: 14/07/2013 - 11:59pm

Summer Seminar Weekend #2

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:20:38 -0800

Start: 19/07/2013 - 12:00am

End: 21/07/2013 - 11:59pm

Summer Great Books Program for High School Students (ends August 3)

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:44:59 -0700

Start: 21/07/2013 - 12:00am

End: 03/08/2013 - 11:59pm

Napa Seminar: “On Human Work”

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:51:29 -0800

Start: 01/08/2013 - 8:16am

End: 01/08/2013 - 8:16am

A Socratic Seminar and Breakfast

Hosted by Thomas Aquinas College

Feast of the Assumption — Office Holiday

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:08:40 -0800

Start: 15/08/2013 - 11:46am

End: 15/08/2013 - 11:46am

Residence Halls Open for Freshmen

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:10:36 -0800

Start: 22/08/2013 - 8:00am

End: 22/08/2013 - 8:00am

Freshman Orientation

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:14:04 -0800

Start: 23/08/2013 - 5:30pm

End: 24/08/2013 - 5:30pm

Residence Halls Open for Returning Students

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:14:58 -0800

Start: 24/08/2013 - 12:00am

End: 24/08/2013 - 12:00am

Convocation 2013

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:19:28 -0700

Start: 26/08/2013 - 12:00am

End: 26/08/2013 - 12:00am

Convocation Speaker and Principal Celebrant at the Mass of the Holy Spirit: The Most Kevin W. Vann, JCD, DD

Schedule of Events:

9:00 a.m. — Convocation Mass of the Holy Spirit, Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel

11:00 a.m. — Matriculation for freshmen, St. Joseph Commons

Lecture — John Baer, Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:05:52 -0700

Start: 30/08/2013 - 7:30pm

End: 30/08/2013 - 7:30pm

As per the College’s custom, for the first installment of the annual St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, a member of the teaching faculty will speak on the subject of liberal education. This year’s opening lecturer is Mr. J. John Baer.

Lectures are free and open to the public. The St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series is endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels.

Feast of Bl. Mother Teresa

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:37:15 -0800

Start: 05/09/2013 - 11:42am

End: 05/09/2013 - 11:42am

A beloved saint of modern times, Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta is also one of Thomas Aquinas College’s most memorable Commencement speakers. (See text and video of her address.)

Fall Concert - Symbiosis Ensemble

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:07:58 -0700

Start: 13/09/2013 - 7:00pm

End: 13/09/2013 - 7:00pm

Symbiosis is a conductor-less ensemble made up of musicians based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Its performance is part of the St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels.

Concerts take place in St. Joseph Commons and are open to the public, free of charge.

Alumni Day

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:18:50 -0800

Start: 12/10/2013 - 9:17am

End: 12/10/2013 - 9:17am

Columbus Day

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:27:57 -0800

Start: 14/10/2013 - 12:00am

End: 14/10/2013 - 12:00am

No classes / office holiday

Lecture — Rev. Robert Barron

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:34:51 -0700

Start: 18/10/2013 - 7:30pm

End: 18/10/2013 - 7:30pm

“On Catholicism”

Rev. Robert Barron is an author, speaker and theologian. He is also the founder of the global media ministry Word on Fire, which reaches millions of people by utilizing the tools of new media to draw people into or back to the Catholic Faith.

Don Rags — evening classes only

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:29:07 -0800

Start: 22/10/2013 - 12:00am

End: 24/10/2013 - 11:59pm

Twice yearly during the freshman, sophomore, and junior years, each student sits with his tutors and hears their observations on his work. The primary aim of the Don Rag is not, like a report card, to state the degree of a student’s mastery of the material. It is, rather, an occasion for offering him specific advice on how to improve his class preparation and participation and to help him advance in the intellectual life. Tutors thus work with the student to enable him to pursue more successfully the wisdom offered by great books.

Board of Governors Retreat

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:58:35 -0700

Start: 01/11/2013 - 12:00am

End: 03/11/2013 - 11:59pm

Feast of All Saints

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:30:36 -0800

Start: 01/11/2013 - 12:00am

End: 01/11/2013 - 12:00am

No classes / Office holiday

Lecture — Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:58:04 -0700

Start: 08/11/2013 - 7:30pm

End: 08/11/2013 - 7:30pm

“On Natural Law and the American Founding”

Lecture — Rev. Kevin Flannery, S.J.

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:32:35 -0700

Start: 22/11/2013 - 7:30pm

End: 22/11/2013 - 7:30pm

“On Cooperation with Those Doing Evil”

Thanksgiving Recess Begins After Classes

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:33:55 -0800

Start: 27/11/2013 - 12:00am

End: 27/11/2013 - 12:00am

Recess begins at the end of classes; classes resume on Monday, December 2.

Thanksgiving Holiday — No Classes

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:34:44 -0800

Start: 28/11/2013 - 1:30pm

End: 28/11/2013 - 1:30pm

No classes — office holiday

Thanksgiving Recess, Cont'd.

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:38:19 -0800

Start: 29/11/2013 - 9:28am

End: 29/11/2013 - 9:28am

Classes resume and offices reopen on Monday, December 2.

Classes Resume

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:36:47 -0800

Start: 02/12/2013 - 9:33am

End: 02/12/2013 - 9:33am

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:40:23 -0800

Start: 08/12/2013 - 12:00am

End: 08/12/2013 - 12:00am

First Semester Examinations: Dec.16-20

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:46:32 -0800

Start: 16/12/2013 - 12:00am

End: 20/12/2013 - 11:59pm

Each semester during finals week at Thomas Aquinas College, students seek the intercession of the College’s beloved patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. The above video, from 2011, depicts an annual finals tradition, in which students receive a blessing from one of the College’s chaplains with a first-class relic of St. Thomas.

Christmas Vacation: 12/21 - 1/12

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:48:38 -0800

Start: 21/12/2013 - 12:00am

End: 11/01/2014 - 11:59pm

Vacation begins after examinations on Friday, December 20; classes resume Monday, January 12.

Second semester classes begin

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:31:56 -0700

Start: 13/01/2014 - 12:00am

End: 13/01/2014 - 12:00am

Lecture — Dr. Anthony P. Andres

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:35:48 -0700

Start: 17/01/2014 - 7:30pm

End: 17/01/2014 - 7:30pm

“On Contingency in Nature”

Anthony P. Andres
Tutor
Thomas Aquinas College

Feast of St. Thomas

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:11:54 -0800

Start: 28/01/2014 - 10:51am

End: 28/01/2014 - 10:51am

St. Thomas Day Lecture — Dr. Duane Berquist

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:44:16 -0700

Start: 28/01/2014 - 1:00pm

End: 28/01/2014 - 1:00pm

“On Nature, Reason, and Will in St. Thomas”

Dr. Duane Berquist
Professor Emeritus
Assumption College

Lectures take place in St. Joseph Commons and are open to the public, free of charge.

Presidents’ Day - no classes / office holiday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:34:32 -0700

Start: 17/02/2014 - 12:00am

End: 17/02/2014 - 12:00am

Anniversary of the Death of Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J.

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:38:50 -0800

Start: 19/02/2014 - 12:34pm

End: 19/02/2014 - 12:34pm

One of the College’s beloved former tutors, Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J., died on February 19, 1985. A graduate of the Université Laval in Quebec, Fr. McGovern previously taught at Le Moyne College in New York before coming to Thomas Aquinas College in early 1972. He served as a member of the faculty and, later, the Board of Governors until his death in 1985. The following year he posthumously received the College’s highest honor, the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion.

Presidents’ Day Lecture — Dr. Vincent Phillip Muñoz

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:59:11 -0700

Start: 21/02/2014 - 7:30pm

End: 21/02/2014 - 7:30pm

Dr. Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion and Public Life in the Department of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at The University of Notre Dame.

Don Rags — evening classes only

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:37:12 -0700

Start: 04/03/2014 - 10:47am

End: 06/03/2014 - 10:47am

Ash Wednesday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:33:21 -0700

Start: 05/03/2014 - 12:00am

End: 05/03/2014 - 12:00am

Solemnity of the Dedication of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:39:31 -0700

Start: 07/03/2014 - 10:53am

End: 07/03/2014 - 10:53am

According to the Catholic Church’s General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, the anniversary of the dedication of a church is to be celebrated as a solemnity by the members of the community in which it exists. As such, March 7 is doubly significant at Thomas Aquinas College, for it marks the date of the death of the College’s patron, St. Thomas Aquinas, in 1274, as well as the Dedication of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel in 2009.

Daylight Saving Time begins – set clocks forward

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:40:36 -0700

Start: 09/03/2014 - 2:00am

End: 09/03/2014 - 2:00am

Lecture — Mark Ryland

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:09:36 -0700

Start: 28/03/2014 - 7:30pm

End: 28/03/2014 - 7:30pm

“On Natural Philosophy, Evolution, and Intelligent Design”

Mark Ryland
President & Senior Fellow
Institute for the Study of Nature

Lectures take place in St. Joseph Commons and are open to the public, free of charge.

Palm Sunday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:41:19 -0700

Start: 13/04/2014 - 12:00am

End: 13/04/2014 - 12:00am

Easter Recess Begins After Classes

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:47:45 -0700

Start: 16/04/2014 - 10:58am

End: 16/04/2014 - 10:58am

Easter recess begins after classes on Wednesday, April 16; classes resume on Thursday, April 24.

Easter Recess (April 17 to 23)

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:49:17 -0700

Start: 17/04/2014 - 10:58am

End: 23/04/2014 - 10:58am

Holy Thursday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:43:21 -0700

Start: 17/04/2014 - 1:16pm

End: 17/04/2014 - 1:16pm

Student Triduum Retreat

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:44:22 -0700

Start: 17/04/2014 - 2:50pm

End: 19/04/2014 - 2:50pm

Rev. Luke Mata, a priest of Opus Dei, will lead the College’s Triduum Retreat this year, entitled “Holy Week Liturgy and Life.” The retreat runs from Holy Thursday through Holy Saturday, with three conferences a day and all the liturgical trimmings. Students can sign up at the Commons bulletin board.

Good Friday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:44:53 -0700

Start: 18/04/2014 - 12:00am

End: 18/04/2014 - 12:00am

Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion – 3:00 p.m.

College offices will be closed.

Holy Saturday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:45:29 -0700

Start: 19/04/2014 - 11:00pm

End: 19/04/2014 - 11:00pm

Easter Vigil with Choir

Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel

Easter Sunday

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:46:10 -0700

Start: 20/04/2014 - 12:00am

End: 20/04/2014 - 12:00am

Classes Resume

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:50:27 -0700

Start: 24/04/2014 - 11:01am

End: 24/04/2014 - 11:01am