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Striving to Live a Coherent Life in an Era of Incoherence

by the Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki
Bishop of Springfield in Illinois
Adjunct Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School

On May 15, Thomas Aquinas College celebrated its 47th Commencement Exercises, honoring the 79 members of the Class of 2021. The day began with the Baccalaureate Mass of the Holy Spirit on the academic quadrangle. The Most Rev. Thomas J.

The article below is part of a series introducing students and their families to the prefects for the 2021 Great Books High Summer Program.

By Joseph Guinee (’21)

Note: The following essay is adapted from comments made before the Thomas Aquinas College Board of Governors at its November 14, 2020, meeting.

By Sarah Francis (’21)

Note: The following essay is adapted from comments made before the Thomas Aquinas College Board of Governors at its November 14, 2020, meeting.

Twice yearly during the freshman, sophomore, and junior years, each student sits with his tutors and hears their observations on his work. The primary aim of the Don Rag is not, like a report card, to state the degree of a student’s mastery of the material. It is, rather, an occasion for offering him specific advice on how to improve his class preparation and participation and to help him advance in the intellectual life. Tutors thus work with the student to enable him to pursue more successfully the wisdom offered by great books.