Thoughts and Insights on Thomas Aquinas College’s Great Books Summer Program

by Kathleen Sullivan (’06)

“Then you shall keep the festival … contributing a freewill offering in proportion to
the blessings that you have received from
the Lord your God.”

— Deut. 16:10

Lent 2013

Dear friend,

The new issue of Legatus Magazine features a story about The Prophet of Our Time, a new documentary about Bl. John Paul II by filmmaker Lannette Turicchi. Mrs. Turicchi, a former head of nontheatrical distribution for DreamWorks SKG, is the wife of the vice chairman of the College’s Board of Governors, R. Scott Turicchi, who served as the film’s executive producer.

Thomas Aquinas College has long held His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in great esteem, dating back to his time as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In 2008 Pope Benedict personally blessed the cornerstone of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel and, in gratitude, his coat of arms is inlaid in the marble of the Chapel’s central aisle.

The slideshow above features key moments in the relationship between the College, its alumni, and our Holy Father:

Among the cardinals being discussed as “papabili,” or possible successors to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, are six friends of Thomas Aquinas College. All six served as Commencement Speakers, and all have received the College’s highest honor, the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion.

June 1, 1928 – February 8, 2013

A University Leader's View of the Ecclesia in America:
Thomas Aquinas President Shares Insights From Rome Conference

Los Angeles, February 05, 2013 (Zenit.org)
Kathleen Naab

Issues facing the various countries of the Americas are as diverse as the terrains of the continent, but Christians from north to south are taking up the same challenge: to respond to the Pope's call to promote a new evangelization.

Marching for Life (West Coast): A Call for Conversion

by Michael Masteller ('14)

SAN FRANCISCO, January 29, 2013 (Zenit.org).