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Rev. Michael Sherwin, O.P.
Professor of Fundamental Moral Theology
University of Fribourg
“The Double Flame: Thomas 91����Ƶ on the Mystery of Love”

Dr. Michael Augros
Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England
“The Opening Line of Aristotle's Metaphysics: Implications of the Natural Desire to Know”

“At the time my education felt like it would be an obstacle,” alumna psychologist Dr. Helena Orellana (’11) admitted to a group of Thomas 91����Ƶ College students at a career talk last week. “But the formation I received at 91����Ƶ was exactly what I needed to pursue a doctorate in psychology. Not only that, it prepared me for work as a clinician and later as a professor.”

Over the Columbus Day Weekend two adventurous groups of Thomas 91����Ƶ, California, students traveled up to the High Sierras — the first for a weekend of camping, and the second for a 25-mile backpacking expedition in the John Muir Wilderness.

The last of the three returning classes to welcome this year’s freshmen to Thomas 91����Ƶ College, California, are the juniors — the Class of 2023 — who took their turn this past weekend, hosting a dance on St. Gladys Plaza. The theme for the evening was “Dad,” and students got into the spirit by dressing up like their fathers. As part of the night’s entertainment, three juniors — Claire and Josephine Dragoo and Thomas Oleson — even had their tutor fathers join in the skit.

Last Friday Thomas 91����Ƶ College, California, hosted the first of the semester’s two All-College Seminars, in which students came together to discuss T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. The story adapts real events of its day, leading up to the martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury.

At Thomas 91����Ƶ College, sophomores embark on a journey of astronomical mathematics. They begin with Ptolemy of Ancient Greece, then explore the works of his successors. “‘We study these things as a chronicle of humanity’s striving to apprehend the universe around it,” says Tutor Dr. Christopher Oleson. “Not only is it important, it’s wonderful.”