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IN MEMORIAM: MICHAEL J. PAIETTA (’83)
College Bids Farewell to Longtime Tutor
Thomas Aquinas College mourns the loss of alumnus and longtime tutor Michael J. Paietta (’83), who died on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, 16 days after entering the hospital with symptoms suggestive of a heart attack. Friends, family, and many from the College community gathered for his funeral Mass at Los Angeles’ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 4. The College will offer a memorial Mass in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel.
Obituary 
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SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS VISITS COLLEGE
Discusses Career and Art with Students, Faculty
On Thursday, March 29, students at Thomas Aquinas College were treated to an hour-long question-and-answer session with a visitor who is widely considered one the world’s greatest living actors, Sir Anthony Hopkins. “I feel very privileged to be in such a place,” he told the students. “I’ve never seen such a beautiful place in my life. It’s most amazing. It’s like Shangri-La!”
Video and story
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ALUMNAE RESIST THE HHS MANDATE
Women Graduates Make the Case for Religious Freedom, Natural Law
For the past few months, the alumnae of Thomas Aquinas College — in cities across the nation and from class years that span the decades — have taken leadership roles in opposing the Health and Human Services Mandate that would compel Catholic employers to purchase contraceptive, abortifacient, and sterilization coverage for their employees. Citing religious freedom and the Natural Law, these women have been powerful champions of the truth and defenders of the Church.
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JESUIT GIANT
College Celebrates Fr. Buckley’s Golden Jubilee
On March 14, 2012, Thomas Aquinas College hosted a San Francisco reception in honor of head chaplain Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J. The event, which marked Fr. Buckley’s 50th anniversary as a priest as well as the official launch of the Fr. Buckley Scholarship Fund, included the unveiling of a video about this beloved, faithful Jesuit. Shortly after the reception the College released yet another video, this one featuring many of the toasts and speeches delivered that evening. Both videos are available via the College’s website.
Video in honor of Fr. Buckley
Video highlights of the reception
Support the Fr. Buckley Scholarship Fund
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY SEMINAR
at the 2012 Napa Institute Conference
Please join members of the Thomas Aquinas College faculty for a buffet breakfast and seminar about the meaning and implications of Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom. The seminar will take place on the morning of July 26, 2012, just prior to the official start of the Napa Institute’s 2012 conference, “Catholics in the Next America,” in Napa, Calif. The seminar and breakfast are complimentary and open to all attendees of the Napa Institute Conference, but space is limited. Register now!
About the seminar
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About the Napa Institute conference
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