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After much reminiscing and toasting at the end of Wednesday night’s President’s Dinner, members of the Class of 2019 weren’t ready to retire just yet. So, in keeping with a longstanding College custom, they made their way to Ventura’s Buena Lanes — joined by several members of the faculty and Head Chaplain Rev. Paul Raftery, O.P. — for some late night bowling. Photos are available in the slideshow below:
Ten years after his graduation from Thomas Aquinas College, Jerry Lademan (’09) returned to the California campus on Saturday for an altogether different sort of ceremony.
by The Most. Rev. Robert E. Barron
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
Remarks for the Commencement Exercises
Thomas Aquinas College
May 11, 2019
Note: Each year the graduating class elects one of its members to present the Senior Address at Commencement. Upon graduation, this year’s speaker, Benjamin Trull of St. Louis, Missouri, will pursue a master's degree in sacred theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
Note: Each year the president of Thomas Aquinas College hosts a dinner on the Wednesday before Commencement for members of the faculty and staff to bid farewell to the graduating class. The president, dean, and assistant dean all speak to the Seniors and, customarily, the Seniors present a gift to the College. Below are the text and audio of President Michael F. McLean’s remarks, as well as a photographic slideshow from this year’s dinner.
On Wednesday, as members of the Senior Class completed their last final examination, they greeted one another with hugs and congratulations on the academic quadrangle. After all arrived they headed down to the campus ponds for the traditional celebratory swim:
When members of the Class of 2019 arrive at tonight’s President’s Dinner, awaiting them at each place setting will be a gift from the College — and one from an anonymous friend.
When members of the Thomas Aquinas College Class of 2019 attend the Baccalaureate Mass — and, later, receive their diplomas — as part of the College’s May 11 Commencement exercises, friends and family members near and far will be able to watch live online.