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58 ALUMNI PRIESTS!
June Brings Three More Ordinations
This summer five alumni of Thomas Aquinas College were ordained to the sacred priesthood, bringing to 58 the total number of alumni priests.
Following the two ordinations in May, there were three more in June. On the 15th, His Eminence Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, laid hands on Rev. Joseph Bolin (’01), in Vienna’s Cathedral of St. Stephan. Eight days later, on June 23, His Excellency Paul J. Bradley, Bishop of Kalamazoo (Mich.), ordained Rev. Francis Marotti (’07) at St. Augustine Cathedral. That same day, some 4,500 miles away, the Most Rev. Cirilo B. Flores, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders upon Rev. Maximilian Okapal, O.Praem. (’02) at Mission Basilica in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Deo gratias!
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Fr. Bolin
Fr. Marotti
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"THERE IS NO COMPARISON"
College Prep Review Visits The College
College Prep Review's Megan Dorsey, a nationally recognized expert in test preparation and college admissions, recently visited Thomas Aquinas College, and the had the following to say:
"There are only a handful of truly unique colleges — schools so exceptional in their curriculum and approach to education that there is no comparison. Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California is one of these schools. I was truly impressed with my visit."
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CROSSING AMERICA FOR LIFE
Andrew Moore ('14)
Like other Thomas Aquinas College students in the past, Andrew Moore (’14) is participating in the Crossroads Walk Across America — five separate, simultaneous journeys of college students traversing the U.S. and Canada in defense of the unborn. Mr. Moore, a rising junior from Concord, Calif., is part of the Central Walk, which began in San Francisco on May 19 and will conclude in Washington, D.C., on August 9.
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NAMED, VESTED, AND PROFESSED!
Updates on Three Alumnae Sisters
On June 6, the Feast of St. Norbert, two alumnae of Thomas Aquinas College took their religious names and were vested in the habit of the Norbertine Canonesses at the Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph in Tehachapi, Calif. Thus, by God’s grace, Alison Bright (’09) is now Sr. Mary Thomas, O. Praem. (after the College’s patron, St. Thomas Aquinas), and Annie Huguelet (’11) is now Sr. Mary Andre, O. Praem (after St. Andre Bessette).
Three weeks earlier, on May 17, Sr. Miriam Thérèse of the Holy Face, O.C.D. (Kelly Waldman ’07), made her solemn profession at the Carmel of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in Valparaiso, Neb. The Bishop of Lincoln, the Most Reverend Fabian Bruskewitz, offered Mass and received her final vows.
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Srs. Mary Andre and Mary Thomas
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Sr. Mary Andre, O. Praem (’11)
and Sr. Mary Thomas, O. Praem (’09)
 Sr. Miriam Thérèse of the Holy Face, O.C.D. (Commencement 2007) |
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GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES
How Susan and Mike Murray Triple Their Gifts to Thomas Aquinas College
When Mike Murray retired from a 25-year career in management at ExxonMobil in 2006, he and his wife, Susan, were eager to support higher education in some way. It was an opportunity to do good that they could not pass up.
As an ExxonMobil retiree, Mr. Murray qualified for the company’s matching-gifts program, which will triple any gift he makes to an eligible institution of higher learning. For the Murrays, the program offered a simple way to maximize their giving. “My wife and I wanted somebody to be able to take advantage of the ExxonMobil matching program,” he says. To make their choice the couple reflected on the experiences of their son Sean, a graduate of the College.
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