Please pray for the repose of the soul of Robert F. Richard, who died on January 15. Mr. Richard is the grandfather of nine Thomas Aquinas College alumni and current students: John  (’13), Robert (’13), Carmel (’15), Demi (’15), Jeannette (’17), Elizabeth (’18), Robert (’21), Thomas (’23), and Domenic (’23).  Please also pray for the consolation of his wife, Carmel, and their family. 

For 16 years, the students of Thomas Aquinas College have made the annual, 375-mile trek to San Francisco, where they have participated in each and every Walk for Life West Coast. This year, for the first, time, the College’s students also participated in the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., thanks to the opening of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, last fall.

The day after their New England counterparts joined hundreds of thousands of Americans in marching for life in Washington, D.C,. the students of Thomas Aquinas College, California, made the case for life on the West Coast at the 16th annual Walk for Life in San Francisco.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Peter Bachmann, who passed away on December 15, 2019. Mr. Bachmann is the father of Rev. Mark Bachmann, O.S.B. (’82), a priest and the guestmaster at Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek Abbey in Hulbert, Oklahoma. Please also pray for the consolation of the Bachmann family. 

Last weekend the campus of Thomas Aquinas College, California, was blessed with a visit from a new friend, His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.

“For many years I have looked forward to visiting Thomas Aquinas College because I have heard so much about its excellence as a Catholic college where faith and reason come together magnificently,” says Cardinal Collins. “I was delighted to have the chance finally to visit the College and to see this beautiful campus whose beauty is itself an incentive to grow in the love of truth and goodness.”

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Augustine on Words, Signs, Thought, and Things in
De Magistro: One of Many Ways to the Same Truth

Dr. Timothy B. Noone
Professor of Philosophy
Catholic University of America
St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series
Thomas Aquinas College, California
January 17, 2020

On Saturday evening the students and faculty families of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, gathered in Olivia Music Hall for the first-ever Epiphany Dance, hosted by the Sophomore Class.

A fresh snowfall adorned the campus outside, complementing the dance’s theme of “Winter Wonderland.” Festivities began with an Epiphany Blessing from Chaplain Rev. Father Markey, followed by a performance of “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” by Tilly Cecchi (’22) and Paul Dinan (’23), then carols around the crèche.

Dozens of Thomas Aquinas College students traveled to Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday for OneLife LA — the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual event to promote the beauty and dignity of all human life. Pictures from the event are available in the slideshow at the bottom of this page.