California

On the evening prior to Commencement, members of the California Class of 2022 gathered with their families in St. Joseph Commons for a taco dinner sponsored by Thomas Aquinas College’s Alumni and Parents’ Associations.

Called to live heroically and to embrace the Catholic intellectual life, some 83 members of the Class of 2022 celebrated their graduation Saturday at Thomas Aquinas College’s 48th annual California Commencement.

“This Education Is Training for Happiness”

At its 2022 California Commencement exercises, Thomas Aquinas College not only distributed 83 diplomas to its newest graduates, it also awarded honors to an esteemed guest, some dear friends, and a beloved president.

“Heroic People Need Heroes”

by Rev. John Nicholas Blaha (’02)
Priest of the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas 
Commencement 2022
Thomas Aquinas College, California

Take Up the Vocation of the Catholic Intellectual Life

When members of the Thomas Aquinas College Class of 2022 gathered for the annual President’s Dinner on Wednesday night, they were greeted by a beloved and surprise guest: the great Fr. Buckley.

A recently retired TAC chaplain, Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J, returned to the California campus to celebrate with the soon-to-be graduates in advance of their Saturday Commencement. Just as the seniors were sitting to dinner, Dean John Goyette sped into St. Joseph Commons on a golf cart with Fr. Buckley — as witty as ever, and wearing a Darth Vader mask — in the passenger seat.