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Dr. Henry Joseph Zeiter died in his Lodi, California, home on Sunday, December 20, 2020.

Dear Friend.

Dr. Henry Joseph Zeiter, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and uncle, passed peacefully into Eternal Life early Sunday, December 20, 2020. He died of congestive heart failure in his Lodi home, and having said goodbye to his children and grandchildren in the previous days, he took his last breath with his wife, Carol, and daughter Suzie beside him holding his hand. He was 86 years old.

Years before Thomas Aquinas College came to New England, its then president, Dr. Thomas E. Dillon was overseeing the construction of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel on the California campus. At the same time, Rev.

On Thursday evening workers installed the crowning jewel of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel at Thomas Aquinas College, New England.

Please say a prayer for Michael Masteller (’13), who, by God’s grace, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate this Saturday!

After 41 years of faithful service, Thomas J. Susanka — erstwhile director of admissions and, later, gift planning — retired from the faculty of Thomas Aquinas College at the end of the 2019-20 academic year.

Note: At the end of the 2019-20 academic year, Thomas J. Susanka, onetime director of admissions and director of gift planning, retired from the faculty of Thomas Aquinas College. Below are his reflections on his 41 years of service. Be sure also to see some reflections from his colleagues.

By Thomas J. Susanka (’76)

The Most Rev. Robert E. Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, will join the community of Thomas Aquinas College as its members pray the Holy Rosary for the sanctification of priests on Friday, June 19, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.