“Per Aspera ad Astra”

Homily at the Votive Mass of St. Gladys: Wife, Mother, Queen, and Contemplative
On the occasion of the Groundbreaking of St. Gladys Hall

By Rev. Cornelius Buckley, S.J.
Head Chaplain
April 18, 2013

Walter J. Conn Elected to Board of Governors

The Thomas Aquinas College Board of Governors has elected to its ranks a new member with a familiar name: Mr. Walter J. Conn of San Marino, Calif.

Some 750 people from the greater Los Angeles area descended upon Ojai’s Libbey Bowl on Sunday for a concert hosted by Thomas Aquinas College:

Remarks at the Memorial for James L. Barrett

by Dr. Michael F. McLean
President, Thomas Aquinas College
April 2, 2013

I want to thank the Barrett family for giving me this opportunity to speak about Jim.

As the president of Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic liberal arts college specializing in the Great Books, I think it is fair to say that I was best acquainted with Jim’s philosophical or religious side … his spiritual side, if you will.

Director of College Relations Anne (Schaeffer ’81) Forsyth appeared as a guest of Kathleen Beckman on Radio Maria’s Living Eucharist program Monday, April 8. The conversation covered all matters pertaining to the College — the students, the academic program, the community, the liturgical life, and the many vocations among the College’s alumni.

The interview aired live on radio stations throughout the United States, and is available in streaming and downloadable audio below:

Karin Hennings
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“No other federal rule has so narrowly and discriminatorily defined what it means to exercise religious conscience, and no regulation has ever so directly violated plain statutory and constitutional religious freedoms.”

With nearly half of the student body traveling during Easter Vacation, the campus of Thomas Aquinas College grows quiet over Holy Week. After the final classes on Wednesday afternoon, the classrooms go dark. For a brief time, the work, the studies, the myriad activities that dominate campus life cease. Thoughts and hearts turn entirely to Our Lord, His sacrifice, and His ultimate triumph. The Paschal Triduum — from the Holy Thursday to the Easter Vigil — is a solemn time of prayer on campus, highlighted by several sacred liturgies depicted in the following slideshow:

By Thelmo Vargas

Note: This version is translated from the original Spanish, which is available on the website of La Nacion.

Some 40 Dames and Knights of Malta from the greater Los Angeles area came to the campus of Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday for a one-day retreat led by Rev. Msgr. Salvatore Pilato, superintendent for Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. “Given the College’s proximity to both Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, this seemed like an ideal location for our retreat,” says Anne Forsyth, DM, chair of the Nurturing the Faith Committee for the Western Association of the Order of Malta and the College’s director of College Relations.