One week after their peers in New England, the College’s California students gathered in the Dumb Ox Café last Wednesday to carve pumpkins in preparation for the Halloween dance:

The dance took place Saturday night with a “Twilight Zone” theme. The evening included a video, a costume parade, feasting, and plenty of swing dancing:

As we approach the feast of All Saints and All Souls, please pray for the repose of the soul of Maria Fairman, wife of Michael Fairman ('87). Maria was called home to God on Tuesday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Please also pray for consolation for Michael and their families.

Eternal rest, grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

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One Christ Loving Himself:
St. Augustine’s Theology of Deification

Rev. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.
Associate Professor of Patristics, Theological Studies
Director, Catholic Studies
Saint Louis University

In anticipation of last weekend’s “Harvest Dance,” the students of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, gathered Friday afternoon to carve pumpkins:

The next night, their jack-o-lanterns greeted revelers as they approached Gould Hall for Saturday night’s “Harvest Dance” — complete with Halloween costumes, treats, and entertainment: 

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Marie Ann Dean, who worked as an assistant librarian at the College from 2007 to 2008, and whose son, Edmund, is a member of the Class of 2010. Ms. Dean died in London on October 10.

Students on the College’s new campus in Northfield, Massachusetts, held  an outdoor social last Friday complete with scarves, cider, and donuts. With the campus aglow in fall foliage, some couldn’t resist the urge to jump into the large, freshly raked piles of bright leaves. They are making the most of the New England autumn! 

One year ago, Thomas Aquinas College tutor Dr. Travis Cooper and his wife, Briena (Dunkel ’06), requested prayers, for their then 8-year-old son, Damian. Those prayers, made through the intercession of Venerable Mother Luisita, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, have borne tremendous fruit. Damian’s surgery and treatment for the bone cancer in his leg have been successful. He is now in remission and cancer free!

There was much joy and excitement on both campuses of Thomas Aquinas College on October 13, when His Holiness Pope Francis canonized St. John Henry Newman — making the 19th century British theologian, cardinal, and convert the newest canonized saint in the College’s classical curriculum.