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By Sister Elizabeth Anne Allen, O.P., Ed.D. They come from 4,083 kilometers away (2,537 miles). They go through three airports, enter three time zones, spend from four to six days away from home and are exposed to temperature measured on...

Washington, DC Photo: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. responds to Dr. Bill Smart during a session of the symposium, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding in Flux and Change in the Natural World” in Washington, DC, June 28. This summer...

A reflection for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ by Aquinas faculty member Sister Mary Madeline Todd, O.P., S.T.D. This article was published by the National Catholic Register on June 23, 2019. Photo by Lawrence...

Bright smiling faces peer up at the sisters with joy and a bit of shyness. Children of the Egyptian families of Mother of Divine Mercy Coptic Catholic Community in Nashville attend lessons in the faith each Sunday. But it is...

A reflection for the fourth Sunday of Easter by Aquinas faculty member Sister Mary Madeline Todd, O.P., S.T.D. This article was published by the National Catholic Register on May 12, 2019. Photo by Lawrence Lew, O.P. Sunday, May 12, is...

Vince Ryan, Ph.D. April 9th was something of an unofficial ‘History Day’ at Aquinas College as several different speakers visited the campus that morning. Emily and Don Hunnicutt spoke to Sister Jean Marie Warner, O.P.’s Tennessee History class on the...

Sister Mary Madeline Todd, O.P., S.T.D. Pope Francis’ call in Laudato Si’ for “educators capable of developing an ethics of ecology and helping people, through effective pedagogy, to grow in solidarity, responsibility, and compassionate care”(1) finds its model in the...

On the last Saturday in March, students and faculty from the History program at Aquinas College attended the annual Tennessee Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society. The Xi-Alpha Chapter at Belmont University hosted this year’s conference....

Online learning for catechists just got easier. On Thursday, Aquinas College launched a new portal for its Online Catechist Formation Program (CFP). The online formation program is now an integrated part of the college’s website and affords users easy navigation...

The current semester marks the visit of the third group of educators from Catholic schools in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to take part in Formation Workshops for Catholic School Educators at Aquinas College. The sessions, planned and carried out through...