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During final examinations week at Thomas Aquinas College, students have supplemented their academic preparation with various forms of spiritual preparation — including seeking the intercession of the College’s beloved patron, St. Thomas Aquinas.

Throughout the past week, at 8:30 a.m. each morning in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, students have received blessings from one of the College’s three chaplains with a first-class relic of St. Thomas. This campus custom, which takes place during finals week every semester, allows students to ask for St. Thomas’ intercession in an intimate, tangible way.

Below are photos from this morning’s blessing …

… and a short video, from 2011, explaining this College tradition:

St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015
  • St. Thomas Relic Blessing Fall 2015