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March 2023
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Panel Highlights College’s Fidelity to Founding Vision


When members of the TAC Board of Governors recently met on the California campus, they witnessed a panel discussion featuring four governors who have played key roles in the College’s history, offering a ”deeper understanding of the mission of the College.” 

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NCR: The Story Behind the Transformation of TAC’s Chapel


“Not many college chapels that originated as a Protestant chapel have been transformed into a beautiful Catholic one. … The exception is Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel at Thomas Aquinas College at its New England campus.”

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Tutor Dr. Brett Smith Authors New Book on Medieval Polymath 


In his new book ‘Aspectus and Affectus’ in the Thought of Robert Grosseteste, Dr. Brett Smith, a tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, expounds the rich anthropology of an undeservedly neglected  medieval polymath.

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Alumni Smash Records at 2023 Day of Giving


For the 2023 TAC Alumni Day of Giving  — the first to rely 100 percent on alumni gifts — TAC alumni more than rose to the challenge, giving in excess of $250,000.”

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Prayers for 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

Pater Edmund Waldstein, O. Cist. (’06)

While on the New England campus to deliver the President’s Day Lecture, Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist. (’06), visited the men of St. Augustine Hall to offer some practical discernment advice.

Lauren (Washburn ’03) Rogers

Lauren (Washburn ’03) Rogers has joined the faculty at Michigan State University College of Law as a teaching fellow in the school’s Housing Justice Clinic, integrating her love of learning with the dream of ensuring that the law serves families.

Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke (’00)

Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke (’00) makes the fruits of many years’ labor available to the general reader in his new book, The Bible’s Foundation: A Catholic Introduction to the Pentateuch.

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Dr. Goyette lectures
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Lecture: “‘In the Beginning was the Word”

Ash Wednesday in New England
 
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The Cecilian Corner: Speed Dating

Students dance at the Mexican-themed dance
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Admissions Open House

Four sing a choral piece
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Spring Open-Mic Night

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Admissions Open House

 
Dr. Goyette lectures
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St. Thomas Day Festivities

Upcoming Events

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Lecture: Dr. Brian Kelly

March 17
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Lecture: Dr. Daniel Toma

March 17
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Spring Concert

April 21
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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

Barbara Martin

February 5
President’s Council member

Joyce Skinner

February 15, 2023
Legacy Society member

Mary Margaret Dillon

February 20
Mother of Jim (’18) and Faustina (’19)

Stephanie Sandoval

March 9
Former receptionist on the California campus

William Michael Short

February 23, 2023
Father of Cathy (McCarthy ’77), Rev. Peter (’78), William (’80), Michael (’87), Margaret (Schmitt ’90), Mary (Grimm ’94), and Nancy (Grimm ’97). Grandfather of Brigid (Strader ’04), Therese (Monnereau ’05), Erin (Feeney ’07), John (’11), Aileen (Steigerwald ’14), and Liam McCarthy (’18); Thomas (’06), William (’09), Mary Rose (’11), Sr. Gianna, SOLT (Joan ’15), Mark (’18), Catherine (’19), Margaret (’22), and Greg Short (’25); Madeline (Grimm ’15), Benedict (’17), Emma (Emrich ’20) Schmitt; and David and Marya Grimm (’26)
 

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