“O’Reilly’s endlessly thought-provoking novel is a miracle of concision, a tender word-portrait of the best and brightest of the Scholastic theologians,” remarks Darren J. N. Middleton in his new book, The Writer and the Cross: Interviews With Authors of Christian Historical Fiction, praising the work of alumna author Margaret (Steichen ’84) O’Reilly.
A member of Thomas Aquinas College’s newest graduating class, Dominic Andres (CA’24) appeared on Annunciation Press’s radio show “The Virtuous Life” last week to speak on his first published work, a philosophical essay on choosing virtuous role models.
“The Lord has given me so much grace,” says Helen Blain (’20), as she prepares to enter the Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Roswell, New Mexico. “If He can make a cloistered, contemplative nun out of me, what can’t He do?”
“A for-profit business hired a moral theologian to be … a moral theologian,” remarks Dr. Pia de Solenni (’93), who earlier this year joined IWP Capital as its senior director of corporate engagement.
Following two stints as a parochial vicar and nine years of teaching high school theology, Rev. Joe Dygert (’02) last month began his first assignment as a pastor.
On a hot weekend in late July, a group of Thomas Aquinas College alumni going by the name of “Last Minute Productions” staged a two-night festival of one-act plays at St. Augustine Academy in Ventura, California.
Maria (Rangel ’99) Cardenas works as a professional fine artist from her home art studio, specializing in drawing, painting, and surface pattern design.