Thomas Aquinas College schedules Canadian cardinal for commencement
speech
Catholic News Agency
(May 10, 2009)
Thomas Aquinas College has announced that Cardinal Marc Ouellet
will preside over their commencement ceremonies next week. The Board
of Governors chose the prelate because of his "exemplary loyalty"
and "devotion" to the magisterium.
Several Catholic universities have been in the headlines over the
last few weeks as some have invited speakers who embrace beliefs
in direct violation of Catholic teaching.
This trend was bucked as Thomas Aquinas College, located in Santa
Paula, California, extended an invitation to Ouellet, the General
Relator of the Synod of Bishops. The decision, announced by interim
President Peter DeLuca, was a welcomed by the Board of Governors.
In their press release, they said Cardinal Ouellet was chosen because
he has "shown an exemplary loyalty and devotion to the Holy
Father and the magisterium of the Church and has worked tirelessly
to proclaim, support, and defend the teachings of the Church, and
to advance the mission of Christ on earth."
The cardinal will also receive the college’s highest honor,
the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion, established by the Board of
Governors in 1975.
Thomas Aquinas expects each 71 seniors at the ceremony who will
all receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal arts. The college
was struck by sad news last month as their President, Dr. Thomas
Dillion, died in a tragic car accident in Ireland.
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