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CAMPUS LIFE
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Slideshow:
The 2017 All-College Picnic |
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Slideshow:
Senior-Freshman Beach Day |
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Slideshow:
Senior-Freshman Dance |
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Abp. Coakley’s Convocation Day Homily |
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Dr. McLean’s Matriculation Address |
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Abp. Coakley’s Matriculation Remarks |
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Slideshow:
The Senior Barbeque |
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Photos: Freshmen and Families Arrive on Campus |
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Dr. Steven Cain:
Friendship & Liberal Education |
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Dr. McLean
on EWTN’s
“Call Me Catholic” |
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Trailer for EWTN Film Featuring TAC Students & Alumni |
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Slideshow:
2017 Summer Seminar #1 |
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Slideshow:
2017 Summer Seminar #2 |
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Dr. McLean’s Remarks from the Summer Seminars |
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Slideshow:
2017 Seniors and Thesis Titles |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta
September 5 |
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Lecture: Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein
Holy Apostles College and Seminary
“Within Thy Wounds, Hide Me: Redemptive Suffering and the Eucharist”
September 8
7:30 p.m. |
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Lecture: Dr. Thomas Osborne
University of St. Thomas, Houston
“Which Essence is at Stake in the Essence/Existence Distinction?”
September 22
7:30 p.m. |
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Columbus Day
October 9
Office holiday / no classes |
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Fall All College Seminar
October 13 |
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Anniversary of the Death of Founding President Ronald P. McArthur
October 17 |
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Don Rags — evening classes only
October 17-19 |
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Fall Concert
Paul Galbraith, classical guitarist
October 27
7:00 p.m. |
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Anniversary of the Death of College Founder Marcus R. Berquist
November 2 |
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Lecture: Dr. Gregory Vall
Professor of Sacred Scripture
Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans
November 3
7:30 p.m. |
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Concert: The Thomas Aquinas College Choir
Mozart's Coronation Mass in C (K.317)
& Vivaldi's Gloria in D major (RV 589)
November 17
7:00 p.m. |
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Thanksgiving
November 23 |
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Thanksgiving Recess
November 23-26 |
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| IN MEMORIAM |
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Thomas T. Janeroux, Jr.
May 25
Legacy Society Member
Dr. Thomas Neumayr
July 2, 2017
Brother of College Founder
Dr. John W. Neumayr
Rev. Gerald Buckley, O.P.
August 15, 2017
Brother of College Chaplain
Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J.
Francis Lee Jacquette
August 4, 2017
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CONVOCATION 2017
College, Solar Eclipse Welcome Freshmen
at Convocation 2017
On the morning of the first total solar eclipse to be visible across the United States in nearly a century, some 102 students, hailing from 3 countries and 26 states, matriculated as freshmen at Thomas Aquinas College — the Class of 2021.
The day began with a Mass of the Holy Spirit in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, with the Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, S.T.L., D.D., Archbishop of Oklahoma City, serving as the principal celebrant and homilist. “Light shines in the darkness,” His Excellency remarked, referencing the day’s celestial phenomenon. “This place shines in a world that is experiencing a disturbing eclipse, not only of faith and reason but of common sense and human decency and ordinary virtue. This is what your unique education here at Thomas Aquinas is preparing you to be, light in the darkness, holy men and women.”
Following the Mass, students, faculty, and staff gathered outside St. Joseph Commons, where they donned safety glasses and watched the eclipse. The group then headed indoors for the Matriculation Ceremony, where freshmen signed their names into the College’s registry, and President Michael F. McLean proclaimed the start of the College’s 47th academic year. .
Full story & photo slideshow 
Archbishop Coakley’s Homily
Dr. McLean’s Matriculation Address
Archbishop Coakley’s Matriculation Remarks
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COLLEGE GUIDE REVIEWS
Princeton Review, CNBC Give TAC Top Rankings for Academics, Financial Aid
• Thomas Aquinas College provides one of the best undergraduate educations in the country, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the College in the 2018 edition of its annual guide, The Best 382 Colleges. Among the ratings for the College are scores of 95 for academics, 94 for quality of life, and 99 for financial aid. The guide also places the College in a number of “Top 20” ranking, including “Most Religious Students” (No. 1), “Great Financial Aid” (No. 6), “Best Classroom Experience” (No. 8), and “Lots of Race/Class Interaction” (No. 15).
• “With college costs rising, simply paying the tab is a serious problem when it comes to picking a school,” notes CNBC. To help families better manage the burden, the business channel has compiled, in conjunction with The Princeton Review, a list of The Top 10 Colleges for Financial Aid. No. 6 on the list is Thomas Aquinas College. “This small Catholic school is doing big things to combat student debt,” the article notes. “There's a substantial financial aid program, comprised of loans, work-study and grants, which is fully funded by contributions from private individuals and charitable foundations.”
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CLASS OF 2021
Incoming Freshman Blogs about
Why She Chose Thomas Aquinas College
August 9,2017
“One more week, and I'll be calling a small room in a mission-style building with a courtyard my home. Every day, I will walk across the well-watered lawn to the St. Joseph Commons for my meals. I will spend time reading in the St. Bernardine of Siena Library, and I will take classes in St. Augustine and St. Gladys halls, and study science in Albertus Magnus hall. I will walk the few hundred yards from my dorm to the big chapel which sits at the head of the quad, overlooking all of campus, for Mass. Surrounding the campus, I will be able to see reddish-brown mountains smattered with green plants. Every night at 11:00, the gate to my dorm's courtyard will lock, and I will be inside, getting ready for bed or studying or hanging out. I will sleep in my small room, in the small dorm, on the small campus of my small college. My small, Catholic college.
“What made me choose a Catholic college? I'm already Catholic; is it really necessary to go to a school where nearly everyone else is, too? What difference does it make, if all I'm looking for is a college degree?
“If that were all I was looking for, I wouldn't be going to a private, Catholic school. I definitely wouldn't be going to Thomas Aquinas College ...”
Continue reading
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FAITH IN ACTION
Highlights from the College’s Alumni Blog
• Dr. Pia de Solenni (’93) has been appointed as chancellor of the Diocese of Orange, California — the highest and most senior position available to the laity. “Pia is an inspirational and well-respected theologian and has proven herself a thoughtful and humble leader within our Church,” says the Most Rev. Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange. “We are blessed as a Diocese to benefit from her expertise, passion, and faith.” As chancellor, Dr. de Solenni will serve as lead administrator/secretary of the Curia, official archivist, record keeper, and Bishop Vann’s strategic and theological advisor.
• At their Supreme Convention in St. Louis last month, the Knights of Columbus elected Patrick Mason (’03) to their national Board of Directors. At 36 years old, he is the board’s youngest member. “Being able to pull from my knowledge of the true, the good, and the beautiful, and being able to communicate the ideas that I found and developed at Thomas Aquinas College, has really helped me,” he says. “If it weren’t for the strength and faith that the College gave me, I don’t think I would be doing this.”
• The College has learned that Sr. Maria Jerome (Alma ’11) Poelman, O.P., has made her final vows as a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Pictured to the right is Sr. Maria Jerome with Mother M. Assumpta Long, O.P., the community’s prioress general and the College’s 2012 Commencement Speaker. The image comes from a beautiful photo gallery of the July 25, 2017, Mass that is featured on the Dominican Sisters’ website.
Sr. Maria Jerome is one of four Thomas Aquinas College alumnae with the Ann Arbor Dominicans.
Faith in Action blog
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Dr. Pia de Solenni (’93)
Patrick Mason (’03)
Sr. Maria Jerome (Alma ’11) Poelman, O.P. and Mother M. Assumpta Long, O.P. |
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CALLED AND CHOSEN
Students Appear in New EWTN Movie
about Fr. Vincent Capodanno
Last Wednesday night, EWTN aired the premier of a new docudrama, Called and Chosen: Father Vincent R. Capodanno, featuring numerous Thomas Aquinas College students and recent graduates.
Fr. Capodanno was a missionary priest who ministered to American Marines during the Vietnam War. On September 4, 1967, despite being seriously injured in an hours-long ambush by North Vietnamese forces, he sprinted across a battlefield to anoint a wounded Marine. The enemy responded by opening fire on the unarmed chaplain, who received 27 bullet wounds and died while performing this final act of faithful and selfless service. He posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor, and the Church, having opened his cause for canonization, has bestowed upon him the title “Servant of God.”
In honor of the 50th anniversary of his death, EWTN has produced Called and Chosen, a 90-minute program that chronicles Fr. Capodanno’s extraordinary life and heroic sacrifice. Early this spring, the film’s writer and director, James Kelty, contacted the College looking for “fit young men between the ages of 18-25” to play the roles of Fr. Capodanno’s fellow Marines in battle scenes to be filmed in nearby Santa Clarita, California. Seven members of this year’s Junior Class and three recent graduates offered their services as actors in the production, which ran last week. Although no longer airing, the film is still available on DVD.
Full story and trailer
Story from the National Catholic Register
Purchase Called and Chosen on DVD
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