40th Anniversary Gala Slideshow

The Most Rev. José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, joined at the altar by numerous concelebrants at the Mass of Thanksgiving

Archbishop Gomez delivers the homily.

Dinner Committee Co-Chairs Maria and Richard Grant present the gifts to Archbishop Gomez at the Offertory.

The evening’s keynote speaker, Rev. Wojciech Giertych, O.P., theologian of the papal household, with Archbishop Gomez

Terri Dillon, the wife of late Thomas Aquinas College President Thomas E. Dillon, with Archbishop Gomez and Berni Neal, a member of the Board of Governors

At the reception following the Mass

The student choral group Chrysostomos performs for attendees.

Dinner Committee Co-Chairs Maria and Richard Grant

Brenna Scanlon (’05), principal of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School in Oxnard, Calif., speaks from the podium.

Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem, a professor of philosophy at St. Michael’s Abbey Seminary in Orange, Calif., speaks from the podium. (’94)

The keynote speaker: Rev. Wojciech Giertych, O.P., theologian of the papal household

Fr. Giertych and Thomas Aquinas College President Michael F. McLean

Dinner Co-Chair Maria Grant and Chairman of the Board of Governors R. James Wensley visit with a guest

Fr. Giertych, Dr. and Mrs. McLean, and Mr. Wensley

The Tim Buley Band

President McLean dances with his wife, Lynda.