Essays

• The Formation of the Catholic Mind
• Liberal Education & the Preservation of the Political Order
• The Roots of Modern Education
• The Study of St.

June 1, 1928 – February 8, 2013

Leslie Hidley of Ojai, California, is a writer, and a funny one at that. She finds humor where one might least expect it, in subjects ranging from the sublime to the mundane. “I write about my family, friends — and raccoons in the backyard,” she says.

The YouTube video below shows her reading one of her essays — a harrowing tale of getting her finger stuck in the gas tank of an SUV, then praying to avoid immolation as firefighters saw through the tank to cut her loose. Frightening, yes, but the way she tells it in stoic deadpan, uproariously funny.

Note: Four graduates of Thomas Aquinas College have been ordained this past year, bringing to 50 the number of alumni priests in the College’s first 40 years. Below is the second in a series of profiles of the College’s newest ordained alumni.

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