Music & Arts

Just in time for Christmas, St. Joseph’s Press has released a coloring book featuring historically accurate illustrations of women saints — all illustrated by Dominique Shema (’07).

The above aerial video of the Thomas Aquinas College campus — shot and edited by Paul Lazenby (’10) — has been named No. 15 on the Great Value College’s 2017 list of Stunning Aerial College Tours via Drone Videos.

The latest book by alumnus author Dr.

Friends of Sean Wood (’13) staged a lively and generous farewell for him last weekend at a benefit concert at the Camarillo, California, home of College Regent Justin Schneir and his wife, Hope.

Alumnus author Dr. Peter Kwasniewski (’94) has penned a new book about the sacred liturgy that has drawn great praise from many corners — even the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.

“Where did it all go wrong?” asks alumnus architect Erik Bootsma (’01), in a recent lecture before Chicago’s Catholic Arts Guild, “Turning the Tide of the 20th Century: Restoring Beauty in Sacred Architecture.” (See video, above.)

A blessed trend in recent years is that alumni deacons — who, while studying in Rome in preparation for their priestly ordinations — have been asked to chant the Gospel at various papal liturgies. The latest graduate to be so honored is Frater Miguel (Gaspar’08) Batres, O.Praem. On Good Friday, Frater Miguel proclaimed the words of Christ during the papal Celebration of the Passion of our Lord at St. Peter’s Basilica: