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As part of their long farewell tour, members of the Class of 2018 gathered with the freshmen Sunday for a “midnight snack.”

Dispensed from their usual curfew, the seniors and freshmen stayed up late in the coffee shop of the newly completed St. Cecilia Hall, enjoying treats and each others’ company in the waning days of the academic year. Commencement is now just 10 days away!

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Each spring, in the final weeks of the semester, members of the Senior Class team up against the faculty in a highly anticipated softball game. In this year’s contest, which took place on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 25, the seniors won for the second year in a row, besting the faculty by a score of 4-2.

After the game the two teams, joined by the rest of the Senior Class and many faculty families, came together for a barbeque on the campus picnic area.

Each year, starting in the fall and continuing well into the spring, the seniors of Thomas Aquinas College labor to create what will be the culmination of their four years of academic efforts — the senior thesis. Based on a subject of each student’s own choosing, and drawing from the College’s classical curriculum, the thesis represents its author’s effort to apply his education to a matter of scholarly and personal importance.

On Sunday, Chrysostomos, a student choir directed by Isaac Cross (’19), performed its spring concert in St. Cecilia Hall.

The concert consisted of 12 pieces from the Western tradition, spanning the 16th to the 21st century, including “Christus Factus Est” by Bruckner, “Ubi Caritas” by Ola Gjeilo, and “Regina Coeli,” by Palestrina.

In a longstanding tradition, the younger classes at Thomas Aquinas College take turns each spring bidding farewell to the soon-to-be-departing seniors. This past Sunday the sophomores had their opportunity, preparing and serving an elegant, outdoor brunch for the Class of 2018, complete with many heartfelt toasts.

An end-of-the-year dance, Chez Martin has become one of Thomas Aquinas College’s most popular annual events. Put on by members of the Senior Class, it is a relaxed occasion for the seniors to say goodbye to the underclassmen. It also serves as a fundraiser, with proceeds going toward the seniors’ farewell gift to the College.

This year’s Chez Martin, hosted in the newly completed St. Cecilia Hall, began with a student-produced movie and ended with desserts and dancing.

In the newly released edition of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College, the Cardinal Newman Society once again recommends Thomas Aquinas College as one of 17 residential Catholic colleges nationwide with a strong Catholic identity.

On Friday evening the Thomas Aquinas College Choir, under the direction of Daniel J. Grimm (’76), performed Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride, before a packed audience in the newly completed St. Cecilia Hall. The production was part of the 2017-2018 St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels.