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April 2022
Carl A. Anderson & Most Rev. Robert Joseph McManus, S.T.D., bishop of Worcester
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College Announces 2022 Commencement Speakers for Both Coasts

 
Three years ago, Thomas Aquinas College launched its New England campus in Northfield, Massachusetts, with both a new class of freshmen and a class of sophomore pioneers transplanted from California. This spring, just one week after the College hosts its 48th Commencement exercises in California, it will hold its first-ever New England Commencement for those first students who made the trip eastward — the Class of 2022. And to help mark the occasion, it will welcome distinguished speakers on both coasts.

Serving as the Commencement Speaker at the California Commencement on May 14 will be Carl A. Anderson, the recently retired Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization.  One week later, on May 21, the College will welcome as its first New England Commencement Speaker the Most Rev. Robert Joseph McManus, S.T.D., bishop of the neighboring Diocese of Worcester. 


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Students test safety gear at the newly-opened rock-climbing wall
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Students Delight in “Soft Opening” of Pope St. John Paul II Athletic Center


After two years of patient waiting, students can now make use of the newly completed Athletic Center on the California campus. 

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Sr. Deidre Byrne, POSC, addresses the assembled guests
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“Sr. Dede” Helps Celebrate College’s 50th Anniversary at D.C. Gathering


The College hosted a 50th Anniversary reception featuring Sr. Deirdre “Dede” Byrne, POSC — a veteran, physician, and champion of the unborn.

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Interior and exterior views of the newly-repainted Chapel
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CatholicVote Names Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel to “Top 10”


Recently refurnished and dedicated, the New England Chapel is drawing attention for its beautiful design and reverent liturgies.

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Statue of Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom; Icon of St. Joseph with the child Jesus
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Prayers for Mom and Dad


Beginning on Mother's Day (May 8) and on Father's Day (June 19), the chaplains of Thomas Aquinas College will offer a novena of Masses for moms and dads, respectively. Enroll your loved ones now!

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Faith in Action

Dr. John DeSilva Finley (’99)


Dr. John DeSilva Finley (’99) has published Sexual Identity: The Harmony of Philosophy, Science, and Revelation, an interdisciplinary collection of essays intended to bring about some much-needed clarity during these befuddled times.

Timothy Wassell ('22) and John Greene ('22)


The Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California, have announced the newly admitted postulants who will be joining their community in August. By God’s grace, four of them are recent or soon-to-be TAC graduates.

Sophia (Mason ’09) Feingold


In a recent article in the National Catholic Register, Sophia (Mason ’09) Feingold calls Christians to aid suffering Ukrainians through the three Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and, most especially, almsgiving.

Campus Life Multimedia

Dr. Brian T. Kelly
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Lecture: Dr. Brian T. Kelly, “The Woman Caught in Adultery”

St. Patrick's Day party
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Campus Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Singing and Dancing

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Video: Why We Read Dante

Students submit senior theses
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Seniors Turn in Their Theses

Dr. Russell Reno
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Presidents’ Day Lecture 2022: Dr. Russell Reno

 
Macbeth
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Student performance: Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Upcoming Events

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Spring Concert: The Pirates of Penzance

April 22
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Thomistic Summer Conference

June 16 - 19 
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TAC & Sacra Doctrina Conference

June 23-25
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West Coast Alumni Dinner & Reunions 

June 25
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Summer Great Books Program for High School Students

July 10 - 23
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Summer Great Books Program for High School Students

July 24 - August 6

In Memoriam

Robert Chance

October 29, 2021
Husband of Colleen (Cools ’83); father of Hannah (O’Brien ’13) and Thomas (’18)

Kell Khattar (’89)

March 28, 2021
Alumnus 

Francis Shivone

March 30, 2022
Father of Tutor Stephen
 
 

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