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October 2022
Archbishop Jose J. Gomez and Bishop Byrne
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Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Byrne to Preside at Presidential Inauguration


The bishops who serve Thomas Aquinas College’s two campuses will both preside when Dr. Paul J. O’Reilly formally takes the oath of office as the College’s fifth president on October 22.

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New England Chapel, Alumnus Architect Honored


Anthony Grumbine (’00) and his colleagues at Harrison Design have received a 2022 Bulfinch Award for their renovation of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel.

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Business Panel
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Catholic Business Leaders Speak at Student Internship Event  


The College’s Office of Career Service and Business Club hosted a new event, the “TAC Intern Initiative,” featuring several prominent Catholic business leaders. 

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College Says Goodbye to “Nurse Nancy”


On Columbus Day, friends and family filed into Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel for the funeral Mass of Dr. Nancy Ann Faller, beloved nurse of TAC-New England.

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What is St. Thérèse Legacy Month?


Throughout October, the College invites friends to learn more about the St. Thérèse of Lisieux Legacy Society, a way to help sustain TAC’s mission for many years to come.

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Faith in Action

Dr. Michael Augros (’92)

A tutor on the New England campus, Dr. Michael Augros (’92) brings a little-known, yet fundamental work of St. Thomas Aquinas to English readers — for the first time — in his newly published Exposition on “The Divine Names.”

Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett (’14), O.P.

Nearly eight years since she joined the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey, Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett (’14), O.P., made her Solemn Profession on August 6, the Feast of the Transfiguration.

Christy (Tittmann ’89) Wall

In her newly published book, The Greatest Battle, Christy (Tittmann ’89) Wall shares the hard-won spiritual fruit of confronting the suffering of her son Franz Wall (’16), who was severely injured in a skiing accident.

Campus Life Multimedia

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Students vs. Tutors Trivial Pursuit

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Junior-Freshmen
River Day

Dr. Jeremy Holmes (’99)
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Lecture:
“The Life of Abraham”  

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Freshmen Collect Local Insects

Students dance
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Welcoming
Dances for the Class of 2026

 
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All-College Seminar & After-Party

Upcoming Events

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Don Rags

October 18-20
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Inauguration of President Paul J. O’Reilly

October 22
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Lecture: Dr. David Whalen

October 28
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Lecture:
Dr. Michael Pakaluk

November 11
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Lecture:
Dr. Adam Schulman

November 11
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First Semester Examinations

December 10-16

In Memoriam

Lisa Fusini 

September 9, 2021
Mother of Sam (’13)

Larry Patrick

June 6, 2022
Father of Eric (’11) and Cassie (Mansfield ’13)

Joseph Kenneth Casey

July 17, 2022
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Legacy Society member

Diane Walsh

September 20
Wife of Tom (’83); mother of Andrew (’13), Theresa (’13), Angela (’16), Rose (’20), Nicholas (’21), and Liam (’22)

Kenneth Breckenridge Milton

September 12, 2022
Father of Fred (’83) and Joseph (’83); grandfather of Katherine (Marshalian ’07), Benjamin (’10), Luke (’11), Nicholas (’12), Louise (Ciani ’12), Stephen (’13), and Aidan Milton (’17)

Phillip Stephen Cronin

September 29, 2022
Father of Nicole (Tittmann ’94); grandfather of Max (’22) and Madge Tittmann (’23), Abby (’22) and Jack Mering (’25)

Dr. Nancy Ann Faller

October 5, 2022
New England campus nurse
 
 
 

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