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In honor of his onetime mentor, Thomas Aquinas College tutor Dr. David F. Appleby has co-edited a new collection of essays that examine the ways in which ancient and medieval societies adapted to new challenges by drawing from their cultural past.

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On November 13 the Thomas Aquinas College Choir hosted a Thanksgiving concert in St. Joseph Commons, as part of the College’s St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series:

The Choir performed Bach’s Cantata No 21: “Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmer Nis” and various motets and carols of the Christmas Season; and the string section of the chamber group performed Charpentier’s “Noels for Instruments.”

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Members of the Senior Class stayed up into the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, the eve of Thanksgiving vacation, preparing “turkeygrams” to distribute to the students, faculty, and staff of Thomas Aquinas College. Each year the seniors sell these personalized messages, each affixed to a piece of candy, as a way to raise money for their class gift to the College. For members of the Class of 2016 — who had to prepare, sort, and deliver some 10,000 turkeygrams in all — the project took nearly seven hours.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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On Saturday evening President Michael F. McLean hosted students, faculty, and staff at an all-college Thanksgiving dinner. The evening included remarks from Dr. McLean, music by the student choral group Chrysostomos and, of course, turkey and all the fixings.

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On Sunday, November 22, the upperclassmen squared off against the underclassmen in Thomas Aquinas College’s annual Turkey Bowl flag-football game. Both sides fought hard, but the upperclassmen simply overpowered their younger opponents, claiming a 24-6 victory.

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“The music that our choir performs is very much in keeping with the kind of excellence we’re introducing them to in the classroom,” says Thomas Aquinas College President Michael F. McLean in the above video, Praying Twice: The Thomas Aquinas College Choir. “We have always wanted to provide our students with the best music possible to help them grow in the moral life and grow in their appreciation of truly beautiful things.”

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One Saturday each semester, Thomas Aquinas College students venture off-campus for a relaxing evening of dining and conversation at the home of one of their tutors. These evenings are a longstanding and cherished campus tradition — the Section Dinner. Below are photos from this Saturday’s Section Dinner, in which members of the Senior Class gathered at the home of Dr. Michael Letteney: