This year’s seminar had the theme of “Grace, Justification, and Merit,” for which attendees read and discussed St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, selections from Martin Luther’s Commentary on Galatians, and St. Thomas Aquinas’s writings on free will and merit. “Our guests found that their understanding and appreciation of these texts increased dramatically when they were able to discuss and analyze them together,” says Dr. Goyette. “They gained a whole new appreciation of how this academic program teaches the skills of critical analysis and intelligent conversation — all in the pursuit of truth.”
On Saturday evening, the visitors enjoyed fellowship, fine meals, and a panel discussion featuring current students — in short, a brief immersion in the pursuit of goodness, truth, and beauty that characterizes Thomas Aquinas College. “As powerful as their classroom experience was, I think hearing from our students directly was an even more vivid illustration of the good that this academic program can work in the human mind and soul,” says Dr. Goyette.
Friends will have another opportunity to experience the life of the College again in September at the Fall Great Books Seminar on the New England campus.