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Note: The Cardinal Newman Society has named Trinity Chester — an incoming freshman at Thomas Aquinas College, California — the winner of its fifth annual Essay Scholarship Contest. Below is the full text of Trinity’s essay, reprinted with the permission of the Cardinal Newman Society.

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Please pray for the repose of the soul of Maggie Yanoschik, a beloved sophomore on our California campus, wh

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Please step up your prayers from Maggie Yanoschik, a sophomore on the California campus who has been hospitalized for the last two weeks due to a brain bleed.

On Sunday, March 13, students at Thomas Aquinas College, California, performed in the first of this semester’s two informal concerts — “Schubertiades” — in St. Cecilia Hall. In the video above, Margaret LaFave (’23) performs Edvard Grieg’s Notturno in C Major, Op. 54 No. 4.

Below is the program from the concert, followed by some photos:

Thomas Aquinas College tutor David Grothoff — that is, Dr. David Grothoff — has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at the Catholic University of America.

Note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Commencement is open only to graduates and their families.

By Rev. Paul Raftery, O.P.
Head Chaplain, Thomas Aquinas College
Homily from St. Thomas Day 2021
March 8, 2021