“There Are No Doubters Here”

The Orthodoxy of Thomas Aquinas CollegeBy: Rose Horst

The Teachings Traditional Catholicism vs Vatican II

Conservative Catholics Liberal Catholics

The Catholic identity The un-forgotten Non-Catholics

The Great Books

The Curriculum “The College's curriculum is an integrated

liberal arts program based primarily on a study of the Great Books. Guided by College faculty, students analyze and discuss in tutorials, seminars, and laboratories these works of the greatest minds of our tradition. By daily practice in reading, translation, demonstration, and argument, students form habits of thought and discourse which will stay with them throughout their lives. And by means of these habits, they can better lay hold of the knowledge and wisdom recorded in the Great Books.” (www.thomasaquinas.edu)

The Teaching Method

Faculty as tutors Socratic methodology Faculty guided discussions Students follow same curriculum

Student Life Dorm life

No coed dorms No TV, VCRs or DVDs No on campus drinking

Beyond the Classroom

Leisure time “There are no doubters here.”

ReferencesRiley, N.S. (2005). God on the Quad. Chicago,

IL: Ivan R. DeeThomas Aquinas College: The Curriculum.

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