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April 2023
Bishop Conley & Dan Flatley
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Bishop Conley, Dan Flatley to Serve as 2023 Commencement Speakers


A noted prelate and a distinguished philanthropist have agreed to serve as Thomas Aquinas College’s two Commencement Speakers for 2023: In California, the Most Rev. James D. Conley, Bishop of Lincoln; and in New England, Daniel Flatley, a trustee at the Flatley Foundation.

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Top News
The Chapel's fire-damaged sacristy
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Chapel Spared in Easter Morning Fire 


A fire broke out in the servers’ sacristy of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel on Easter morning. By God’s grace, Chaplain Rev. Greg Markey and the firefighters were able to contain the blaze quickly, thus preventing serious damage.

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John Birch addresses the audience
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Alumnus Tech Exec Offers Advice to TAC Students  


The co-founder of Virtual Service Operations, John Birch (’92) recently returned to the California campus to offer students advice about careers in IT — and how to leverage their Catholic liberal education in that pursuit.

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Alumni to Headline Conference on Catholic Education & Culture 


Catholic educators will gather in Pasadena this summer for the first-ever Adeodatus Conference, organized by Dr. Alex Lessard and his wife, Angela (Grimm ’85).

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Statue of Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom; Icon of St. Joseph with the child Jesus
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Let TAC Pray for Your Mom and Dad!


Beginning on Mother's Day (May 14) and on Father's Day (June 18), 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
Owen Sweeney (’97)


At the behest of peers across God’s country, Owen Sweeney (’97) has joined the Board of Directors for the Wyoming State Chamber of Commerce.
Laura Berquist (’75)

The Cardinal Newman Society has published a feature profile of Laura Berquist (’75), the “homeschool leader” who “prepared for her important calling at faithful Thomas Aquinas College.”
Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. (’94)


Adding to his prolific theological bibliography, Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. (’94), has authored two new books about faithful guides to joy in this life and the life to come: the Beatitudes and St. Joseph.

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Altar servers light the thurible from the sacred fire
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Photos from the 2023 Easter Triduum
Pater Edmund Waldstein, O. Cist. (’06) lectures
 
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President’s Day Lecture: “The Primacy of the Common Good”
The eight main characters clustered around books
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St. Genesius Players Delight with Love's Labor’s Lost
Four onstage together
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Two Nights of Twelfth Night
Two prepare to play a flute duet
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Musical Showcase at Spring Schubertiade
Students cheer as the last thesis is turned in
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Seniors Submit Theses on Both Coasts!

Upcoming Events
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Spring Concert: H.M.S. Pinafore

April 21
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Spring Concert: The Magic Flute

April 21
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Deadline to Enroll in Mother’s Day Novena

May 12
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2nd Annual Commencement

May 13
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49th Annual Commencement

May 20
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Thomistic Summer Conference

June 15 - June 18

In Memoriam

Donna Florence Conn

March 16
Wife of late TAC Governor Walter

Gloria Griffin

April 3
Mother of former College Governor Paul
 

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