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Fidelity & ExcellenceThomas Aquinas College is unique among American colleges and universities, offering a faithfully Catholic education comprised entirely of the Great Books and classroom discussions.
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What Can You Do with a Liberal Education?Nothing speaks more to the versatility of the College’s academic program than the good that our alumni are doing throughout the Church and the world.
A Monk and a Philosopher: Br. Patrick Rooney (’15)
A group of Western Province Dominican novices recently traveled to Salt Lake City, where they spoke about their vocations with students at the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Newman Center, which serves the University of Utah. Among the young Dominicans to share their stories was a member of last year’s graduating class, Br. Patrick Rooney (’15).
“Because he was interested in apologetics and philosophy, [Br. Patrick] attended Thomas Aquinas College in Southern California,” reports Intermountain Catholic. There, he learned “to love the liturgy and Gregorian chant,” and he joined the choir. “I wanted to become a monk, but I also wanted to be a philosopher,” he reflects. “In the next few months, I found out that I could be both in the Dominican Order.”
Br. Patrick is now undergoing the first year of Dominican formation at St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco, where he assists the church’s pastor and a fellow alumnus, Rev. Michael Hurley, O.P. (’99). Please pray for him and all his fellow novices!