Inspired by Fr. Mike Schmitz’s enormously popular “Catechism in a Year” podcast, veteran Catholic educator Mark Langley (’89) has started a similar podcast centered around understanding another classic Church document: The Catechism of the Council of Trent.
The Center for Independent Research on Classical Education — otherwise known as the CiRCE Institute — has awarded its Russell Kirk Paideia Prize to Dr. Andrew Seeley (’87), recognizing his “invaluable contribution to the Christian classical renewal.”
Alumnus educator Michael Van Hecke (’86) recently appeared as a guest on EWTN Live to discuss his work as the president and founder of the Institute of Catholic Liberal Education.
Though St. Paul’s exhortation, “Run so as to win” (1 Corinthians 9:24), refers to the spiritual race for heaven, Elizabeth Mazza (’16) decided to take it literally.
“Why does it seem to be the mind’s specific function to know the world?” asks Dr. Sean Kelsey (’92) in his book Mind and World in Aristotle’s De Anima, published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press.
Alumni Peter Dowdy (CA ’22) and Katharine Simia (NE ’22) are bringing faith and reason to Catholic schools in Boston, Massachusetts.
“I have four sons who were educated at Thomas Aquinas College. Four sons who couldn’t be more different in temperament. They are in every sense my heroes.”