“If alumni donors are any measure of school satisfaction, graduates of Thomas Aquinas College are especially happy with their experience.”

— U.S. News & World Report
10 Colleges Where Most Alumni Give Back

Complaint Seeks Overturn
of Federal Contraceptive Policy

Members of the Sophomore Class have helped to revive a longstanding campus tradition, the Family Rosary. Every night at 9:15, students join Head Chaplain Rev. Joseph Illo in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel to pray for the entire Thomas Aquinas College “family” and its members’ intentions.

Last night, however, on the 12th anniversary of 9-11, students prayed for the wellbeing of their country in what was billed as a “Rosary for the Nation.” They prayed for the victims of 9-11, for the future of the United States, and for peace in our world.

When Thomas Aquinas College officials were planning the construction of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, a longtime friend, Msgr. George J. Parnassus, stepped forward to make a magnificent gift. He would pay for the construction and installation of the massive bronze doors that stand at the Chapel’s main entrance.

With freshmen arriving for Orientation, Thomas Aquinas College is preparing for the start of the new academic year, which will officially begin with Convocation on Monday. As part of the preparation, workers are putting the finishing touches on St. Augustine Hall, which underwent a substantial renovation over the summer thanks to principal funding from the E. L. Wiegand Foundation of Reno, Nevada, and a generous gift from College Governor Dieter Huckestein and his wife, Cecilia.

A Central Coast television station, KSBY, has produced the following video about the recent funeral of the Hon. William P. Clark — former Cabinet secretary, California Supreme Court justice, and faithful friend of Thomas Aquinas College.

Why We Study Papal Encyclicals

Note: The following remarks are adapted from Dean Brian T. Kelly’s report to the Board of Governors at its May 10, 2013, meeting. They are part of an ongoing series of talks in which Dr. Kelly explains why the College includes certain authors in its curriculum.

By Dr. Michael F. McLean
President, Thomas Aquinas College
Remarks from the 2013 Summer Seminar Weekends.

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