Each July Thomas Aquinas College invites members of the President’s Council — the backbone of the College’s financial-aid fund — to one of two Great Books Summer Seminar Weekends. At these weekends President’s Council members get an inside look at the unique education that they so generously help to make available for the College’s students. They attend a series of classroom discussions of great books led by the College’s president, dean, and other senior members of the teaching faculty. Between seminars, attendees also enjoy delicious meals served both indoors and outdoors on the campus, as well as daily Mass and confession offered by Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J., who serves as chaplain for the events.
The theme for this year’s Summer Seminar Weekends, which take place July 6-8 and July 13-15, is “The Soul of America.” In anticipation of the fall’s elections, discussions will focus on several readings that reflect on the meaning and significance of the United States, including various short works of American fiction, excerpts on liberty and equality from Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, and Madison’s defense of the U.S. Constitution from the Federalist Papers (#10).
If you are a President’s Council member who would like to attend, please contact the College's special events coordinator, Mrs. Patti Harmonson, by e-mail or by telephone, 800-634-9797, ext. 5929.
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