“A Wonderful, Wonderful School” — Bishop McManus on TAC

Catholic World Review has published an interview with the Most Rev. Robert J. McManus, Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, who will be serving as Commencement Speaker at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, on May 21. In the interview, His Excellency expresses enthusiasm about getting to address the College’s graduating seniors:

“I am pleased to do it, it is a wonderful, wonderful school,” the Bishop tells author Jim Graves. “It is thoroughly Catholic, and unambiguous about its stance for the Faith. In my previous visits, I was there in cassock, and the students are always so polite and welcoming to me. They’d say, ‘Good morning, Your Excellency, welcome.’ If I were to go to some other Catholic colleges dressed in cassock, they would look at me wondering what planet I’m from. I’ve found Thomas Aquinas College students to be bright, mature, and solidly rooted in their faith. The whole atmosphere is both serious and joyful, but always very Catholic.”

In addition to delivering the Commencement Address, Bishop McManus will serve as the principal celebrant and homilist at the Baccalaureate Mass in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel.