Statement of President Thomas E. Dillon on the Election of
Pope
Benedict XVI
(April 19, 2005)
On this great day for the Universal Church, we at Thomas Aquinas College
rejoice in the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to the Chair of
Peter. We pray that God will pour forth abundant blessings on Pope
Benedict XVI as he takes up his staff to shepherd the Catholic faithful
throughout the world. Viva il Papa!
About Thomas Aquinas College: Thomas Aquinas College offers
a unique, four-year program of Catholic liberal education
that begins in wonder and aims at wisdom. The curriculum consists
exclusively of the Great Books, and the college uses only
the Socratic method of dialogue in all of its classes. There
are no textbooks, no lectures and no electives. Instead the
college offers an entirely integrated curriculum using only
the original texts of the greatest thinkers who have helped
shape Western Civilization. These authors include St. Thomas
Aquinas, St. Augustine, Aristotle, Plato, Shakespeare, Euclid,
Dante, our American Founding Fathers, Adam Smith, Copernicus,
Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Einstein, to name a
few.
Thomas Aquinas College graduates consistently excel in the
many world-class institutions where they pursue graduate degrees
such as law, medicine, business, theology and education. They
distinguish themselves in these professions, serving as headmasters,
business owners, lawyers, priests, doctors, military service
men and women, professors and college presidents.
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