Benefactors

Fittingly, members of the Class of 2020 have chosen for their Class Quotation the following passage from Fedor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, which speaks about the joys of reunion after periods of long separation:

You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

— Psalm 91:5-6

Dear Thomas Aquinas College families,

Today marks the 125th birthday of the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, the late and beloved prelate, evangelist, and television pioneer. As such, it’s a fitting occasion to recall the Archbishop’s scathing critique on the elective/major system, which, in his view, crippled Catholic higher education — and which continues on most campuses to this day.

On May 1, 2020 — a day when the Dow dropped 622 points — Thomas Aquinas College parents helped raise $327,686 for student financial aid.

“We began the 2020 Parent Day of Giving doubtful that we would reach our $125,000 matching-gift challenge, given the financial hardships so many are experiencing,” says Robert Bagdazian, coordinator of the Thomas Aquinas College Parents' Association. “In the end, we far exceeded that goal.”