The last time he appeared on Thomas Aquinas College’s website, Rev. Jeffrey Hanley (’13) was a newly ordained priest bound for Rome to study canon law. He may have returned a canon lawyer, but he now does much more as well.
Highlighting not one but two of her lifelong passions, Kathryn Claahsen (’12) debuted her first solo art exhibition at Gallery Seven in Chicago in early February, featuring original paintings all about … swing dancing.
“We manufacture and distribute our own brand of herbal-based natural health products,” says Paul Rivett-Carnac (’04) of St. Francis Herb Farm, a business his parents founded 33 years ago.
“Tears, when bestowed by the Holy Spirit, are not an end in themselves to be analyzed, but point us to a spiritual end, whether that end be conversion, contemplation, consolation, or more fervent prayer.”
Pope St. John Paul II famously called Christians to “build a civilization of love.” Last year, as a missionary with The Culture Project, Timothy McNeil (’21) offered himself as another brick in that great spiritual edifice.
After only three years working at the Chamber of Commerce in Lander, Wyoming, Owen Sweeney (’97) has joined the Board of Directors for the State Chamber of Commerce, at the behest of professional peers across God’s country.
“Laura Berquist (née Steichen), foundress of the Mother of Divine Grace (MODG) homeschool program, prepared for her important calling at faithful Thomas Aquinas College in California.”