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On Wednesday morning Thomas Aquinas College’s chaplains began leading the community in praying the following Novena to St. Joseph for protection from the novel coronavirus. The novena will be recited at every Mass offered on campus, concluding on March 19, St. Joseph’s Feast Day.

Please join us in praying for the safety of the Thomas Aquinas College community, the health of those who are most vulnerable, and for all public-health officials who are working to contain COVID-19.

Novena to St. Joseph

On Tuesday, in between Don Rags sessions, students at Thomas Aquinas College, California, made their way to St. Augustine Hall for the semi-annual campus blood drive. United Blood Service set up a makeshift clinic in one of the classrooms, and donors dropped by throughout the day.

Each fall, during the mid-semester break for Don Rags, the students of Thomas Aquinas College host an Open-Mic Night to showcase their musical talents. On Wednesday night, the event took place on both campuses. In New England (above) the concert was held in Gould Hall, and in California (below), St. Joseph Commons.

Last weekend Meany Gymnasium hosted the championship games in this year’s intramural basketball tournament on the New England campus.

In the men’s tournament, the team captained by Ignatius Ifenuk (’22) bested the one led by Tony Burkhard (’23) 2-1 in the best-of-three-game series. In the women’s championship, sophomore Margaret Short’s team swept classmate Fiona Mohun’s squad in two straight games.

For the first time last Friday night, the students of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, participated in the Lenten practice of praying the Stations of the Cross in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel. Their devotion was made possible thanks to the installation of 14 hand-painted stations — scenes depicting the passion and death of Christ — that now line the Chapel walls. Like their counterparts on the California campus, the New England stations have a noble history and reflect the role of Providence in the life of Thomas Aquinas College.

“Based on the witness of several TAC graduates, and a strong belief in the vision of the College’s founders, we sent our oldest son, John (’18), to Thomas Aquinas College, sight unseen,” says John J. Guinee, the newest member of the College’s Board of Governors. “Soon, three more of our 10 children — Caroline (’20), Joseph (’21), and Michael (’23) — followed.

Below are photos from this afternoon’s Ash Wednesday Mass, attended by sudents, tutors, and their families in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel on the New England campus …

… and photos from the midday Mass in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel in California:

The students of Thomas Aquinas College celebrated Mardi Gras a few days early this year, with freshmen hosting Mardi Gras dances on both coasts.

Last week the Office of Career Advisement hosted a visit from Ray Walshe, a regional vice president and energy underwriter for Starr Technical Risks Agency, a Los Angeles-based insurance provider that underwrites some of the world’s largest and most technical industrial properties.

For the latest installment of the Women’s Dorm Talks on the California campus, Dr. Jennifer Rosato presented a discussion titled “Raissa Maritain’s Adventures in Grace,” about the life of the French poet, philosopher, and wife of famed Thomist Jacques Maritain.