Slideshow: Paschal Triduum

With nearly half of the student body traveling during Easter Vacation, the campus of Thomas Aquinas College grows quiet over Holy Week. After the final classes on Wednesday afternoon, the classrooms go dark. For a brief time, the work, the studies, the myriad activities that dominate campus life cease. Thoughts and hearts turn entirely to Our Lord, His sacrifice, and His ultimate triumph. The Paschal Triduum — from the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper to Saturday’s Easter Vigil — is a solemn time of prayer on campus:

This year Rev. Raymond Gawronski, S.J., led the annual Triddum retreat, guiding students through the Spiritual Exercise of St. Ignatius of Loyola,. The retreat consisted of five conferences that took place in between the liturgies and rites of the Holy Triduum.