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December 2023
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To Meet Rising Demand, College Expands Freshman Class


Effective in fall 2024, the College will enlarge the freshman class on its New England campus by one-third — part of an expansion plan to boost enrollment by more than 60 percent in four years.

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Convocation
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Fritz B. Burns Foundation Blesses College with $3M for Financial Aid


Cheryl Robinson and Maureen Rawlinson, trustees of the Fritz B. Burns Foundation, recently presented President Paul J. O’Reilly with a $3 million grant for student financial aid.

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Rev. Slawomir Szkredka
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New England Sampler at Fall Open House


Thomas Aquinas College, New England, welcomed 54 high school students at its Fall Open House in November, offering them a taste of the rich spiritual, intellectual, and social fare available at the College.

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Fr.Markey blessed the grave of Dr. Nancy Anne Faller
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TAC Junior Celebrates Liberal Education for CLT


The makers of the Classical Learning Test — a classical alternative to the SAT and ACT — recently published interviews with a number of the exam’s top scorers, including TAC-California junior Gwynith Hayden (’25).

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Rev. Greg Markey
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Gratitude at Thanksgiving Dinners on Both Coasts


Students, faculty, and staff gathered for Thanksgiving dinners on both coasts, directing their gratitude to God for guiding and blessing the College so richly in its more than 50 years of dedication to Catholic liberal education. 

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Faith in Action

The Cross Bros.


Our Lord began His public ministry by calling pairs of brothers to follow Him, and it is a practice that continues, as seminarians Isaac (’19) and Frater George (Patrick ’14) Cross, O. Praem., can attest.

Dr. Marie I. George (’79)


Dr. Marie I. George (’79), a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University, presented the November lecture on the New England campus, “The Gradations of Things in the Realm of Material Living Beings.”

Marius Covington (’23)

Sponsored by a TAC benefactor, Marius Covington (’23) spent a month living, working, hunting — and discerning a vocation — in Mozambique. He writes about his experience on the College’s website.

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Freshmen walk on a tour
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Lecture: Dr. Adam Schulman on Entropy

Dr. John Goyette
 
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TAC & TMC Face Off in Latest Friendly Competition

Chrysostomos sings
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Turkey Bowl 2023

Freshmen Congregate
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Christmas Concert

President O'Reilly
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President’s Thanksgiving Address

Advent Lesons & Carols
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Photos from Advent Lessons & Carols

 

Upcoming Events

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Lecture: Dr. David Appleby

January 12, 2024
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Lecture: Dr. John Nieto (’89)

January 19
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Lecture: Dr. Therese Cory

January 26
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Concert: Peter Blanchette

January 26
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Student Performance: Merchant of Venice

February 9 & 10

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Presidents’ Day Lecture: J. Walter Thompson

February 16

In Memoriam

Mary Guadalupe and Daniel Nelson McCarty

January 21, 2023
November 14, 2023

Grandparents of Stephan (’05), Michael (’15), and Erin (’27)

Mary Alice Isaacson

November 4
Mother of Will (’82), Sr. Marcella, M.C. (’86), and Rev. Jim (’88)

Gary Stanley Greig

August 8
Father of Jonathan (’10)

Mary M. Wasick

November 24
Grandmother of Peter (’13), Andrew (’15) Mary (Laetdke ’18), James (’22), and Margaret LaFave (’23)

 
 

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