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The 19th century Austrian composer Franz Schubert used to host friends and family in his home for informal concerts. In Schubert’s living room, he and others would perform pieces, still in their formative stages, in a relaxed setting among friends.

Like many students of Catholic theology in the last few decades, Dr. Charles Robertson has rubbed shoulders with numerous alumni from Thomas Aquinas College, but in his case the encounters were more than tangential. “My last year of high school, I was taught by TAC grads, one of whom is now a tutor on the New England campus, Dr. Josef Froula,” says Dr.

Part of the St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels. Open to alumni and friends of the College, free of charge, in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel.

After 50 years of pursuing its educational mission, Thomas Aquinas College is beginning to show its age in the best way: It has begun welcoming third-generation students, as the grandchildren of its earliest alumni reach college age.

Thomas Aquinas College students will perform at the second of this year’s two informal concerts — “Schubertiades” — in St. Cecilia Hall.
 

In the waning days of October, the Thomas Aquinas College Art Club hosted an evening of fine art on the California campus. On the balcony of the St.

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On October 22 — the Feast of Pope St. John Paul II — the Most Rev. José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, dedicated the newest building at Thomas Aquinas College, California — one named in the beloved saint’s honor.