New England

On the first Friday of Lent, students on the New England campus spent their evening reflecting on the mystery of Our Lord’s passion and His resurrection.

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“The Dedication of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel blooms like the first flower of spring,” proclaimed the Most Rev. William D. Byrne, Bishop of Springfield, at Monday’s Dedication Mass for Thomas Aquinas College’s New England chapel. “Winter makes way to summer. Days lengthen, and life prevails.”

As the sun fell behind the New England hills, and the sky filled with a warm amber tinge on Ash Wednesday, Head Chaplain Rev.

This morning students on the New England campus congregated in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel for the early Mass and to receive their Ash Wednesday ashes. Marked by a cross on their foreheads, Catholics wear the ashes to remember their mortality and to mourn for their sins as the Church enters the penitential season of Lent. 

A few times each semester, students at Thomas Aquinas College gather at the home of one of their tutors to enjoy an evening meal and each other’s company. Tutor Dr. Margaret Hughes recently hosted one such event for Section 1-A of the New England Freshman Class.

“What we’re doing at Section Dinners is taking the discourse and the curiosity we’re developing in class and moving it beyond the formalities,” Dr. Hughes explains. “We see what it means to live an intellectual life.”