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FOUNDING
PRESIDENT
RETIRES
Dr.
McArthur Announces Decision in Letter to
Alumni
In letters sent to the alumni,
faculty, and staff of Thomas Aquinas College, Founding
President Ronald P. McArthur has announced that he will
no longer be able to teach classes starting this fall.
“The prospect saddens me in many ways,” Dr. McArthur
wrote, promising that he will continue to pray “for the
College, that it become even better, and that God will
look upon the school with even more favor than He
already has.” The College encourages all of its alumni
and friends to keep Dr. McArthur in your
prayers.
Dr. McArthur’s Letter to the
Alumni 
Dr. McArthur’s Letter to Faculty &
Staff
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IN
MEMORIAM
Mourning
the Loss of Two Pro-Life Stalwarts
While
passing through Stilesville, Ind., on the morning of
July 20, rising junior Andrew Kentigern Moore (’14) was
struck and killed by a passing vehicle. Like other
Thomas Aquinas College students in the past, Andrew was
participating in the Crossroads Walk Across America, a
3,000-mile journey to promote the pro-life cause. He was
using his walking time, he said, to discern a vocation
to the priesthood, and he was praying the Rosary at the
moment that he was struck.
The College has also
recently learned that Paul Meyer (’94) succumbed to a
rare and very aggressive form of cancer on July 10 in
Tulsa, Okla. In a very personal way, Paul was also a
committed defender of the unborn. He and his wife,
Kimberlie, adopted four children from China, so as to
provide them a Catholic home and to help promote the
Culture of Life in a country that has state-mandated
abortions.
Please pray for the souls of both
Andrew and Paul, as well as for the consolation of their
friends and families.
Andrew Moore Memorial Page
Paul Meyer, R.I.P.
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Andrew Moore
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Paul Meyer
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FAITH
IN ACTION
Graduate
Re-Elected FSSP Superior General
The General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St.
Peter (FSSP) has re-elected the Very Rev. John M. Berg,
F.S.S.P. (’93), to a six-year term as Superior General.
Fr. Berg is the Fraternity’s third Superior General,
having been first elected to the position in 2006 at the
age of 36. The Fraternity includes 228 priests and 154
seminarians serving 117 dioceses in 16 countries. A
society of pontifical right founded by Bl. John Paul II
in 1988, it has three pillars: fidelity to the See of
Peter, dedication to the extraordinary form of the Mass
and all the sacraments, and emphasis on the thought of
St. Thomas Aquinas as a clear basis for presenting the
Faith.
Full Story
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GREAT
BOOKS,
GREAT
TIMES
High
School Summer Program 2012
On Sunday, July
22, 128 rising high school seniors from around the
country and abroad flocked to Thomas Aquinas College for
the annual Great Books Summer Program. For two weeks
they read and discussed works selected from the masters
of the Western intellectual tradition, including Plato,
Euclid, Sophocles, Shakespeare, St. Thomas Aquinas,
Pascal, and Boethius. They also participated in daily
sports, hiking in the hills surrounding the campus, and
trips to the beach and cultural venues throughout the
region. It was a time of forging new friendships,
enjoying the give and take of rational argument, and
pursuing truth by the light of faith.
The High School Summer Program
Blog
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PIONEERS
TO THE PROMISED
LAND
Judy
and Jim Barrett
Judy and Jim Barrett have
always looked ahead to the future. When he was an active
member of the College’s Board of Governors, Mr. Barrett
helped to establish the Legacy Society so that
benefactors could maintain their support of the College,
even in the event of an unexpected tragedy. Of course,
having helped form the Legacy Society, it was only
natural that he and his wife would be among its first
members. “We couldn’t ask others to do it if we didn’t
do it ourselves,” says Mrs. Barrett. Or, as Mr. Barrett
puts it in his whimsical way, “Do you love the College
enough that, even when you’re in Heaven, you will keep
on giving?”
Full Story
Learn More About the Legacy
Society
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