Regular Masses and Devotions
(Monday-Friday)
7:00am Mass, Extraordinary Form
11:30am Mass, Ordinary Form
5pm Mass, Ordinary Form
10pm Mass, Ordinary Form
3:45pm Divine Mercy Chaplet, chapel
5:30-6:30pm Adoration & Benediction
6:40pm Vespers, chapel choir loft
9:15pm Community Rosary, chapel
9:35pm Compline (Latin), chapel
Confessions before and after every Mass
Your Chaplains
Fr. Cornelius Michel Buckley, SJ
Head Chaplain
Fr. Hildebrand Garceau, O. Praem.
Fr. Joseph Illo
April 5, 2013
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A Blaze of Glory I was worried that the TAC
paschal fire would not blaze
brightly enough. But our
normally staid acolytes
ignited a blaze of wood and
kerosene that lit up our night,
all the way until dawn at the
Painter’s Shack.
In Catholic iconography,
St. Thomas radiates a
blazing sun from his heart.
All Christians bear the
burning radiance of Christ
Risen. Let no darkness,
neither from the world, the
flesh, or the devil, subdue
the Paschal Fire within us!
Events
April 7 Concert at Libbey Bowl, Ojai,
4-7pm (featuring TAC choirs)
April 12 Spring Concert
April 15 Anniversary of the death of
Dr. Thomas Dillon (2009)
April 17 Groundbreaking for St. Gladys
Hall, Mass at 11:15am
Feast Days
April 7 Divine Mercy Sunday. We will
pray the Chaplet after the 9am
Mass, and have a procession after
the 11:30 Mass
April 8 Solemnity of the Annunciation.
Consecration to the Blessed
Mother after the 11:30 Mass
A Weekly Bulletin of Events and Commentary from your Chaplains
Thomas Aquinas College
Dr. Thomas Dillon
Dr. Tom Dillon came to TAC in 1972, the
College’s second year of existence. He
brought a Ph.D. in philosophy from Notre
Dame, and an acute perception of the Col-
lege’s potential. He served as College
President for 18 years, doubling the
school’s enrollment and faculty, erecting
nine of our buildings, including the library,
St. Thomas Hall, and of course our stun-
ning Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy
Trinity. He raised $100 million over his
tenure, making possible a TAC education
for thousands, and a flagship Catholic College for our nation.
On April 15, 2009, Dr. Dillon was driving to a Catholic educa-
tion conference in Ireland with his wife Terri. The car went off the
road and our President perished in the accident. Dr. Dillon “left a
noble legacy of faith and learning, which will continue to enrich
minds and hearts for years to come," in the words of the Papal
Nuncio. His was the first funeral in the chapel he designed. Let us
pray for Dr. Dillon, his wife Terri, and their four children on the
fourth anniversary of his death, next Monday, April 15.
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Fr. Barron’s Catholicism Series # 6:
The Church. Friday, April 5, 7pm,
Loyola Hall. Food.
If the Supreme Court overturns California’s Constitutional
Amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman
(Prop 8), we will have crossed a line, as did Roe v. Wade forty
years ago. But Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in a recent
interview with USA Today, says the truth cannot be suppressed
by a court decision: “The natural law has a power written on the
human heart that doesn't go away….After the Roe decision, it
was commonly thought that our society would soon easily ac-
cept the legitimacy of abortion. But the pro-life movement is
stronger now than it ever has been. This is because of the truth:
Abortion is the killing of an innocent human life.... The same
principle applies with marriage: It is simply a natural fact that
you need a man and a woman to make a marriage….Even if the
Supreme Court rules
against this truth, the
controversy will not die
out.” Carpe Veritatem!
Abi and an unidentified admirer (he shaved)
March Madness v. Good Friday
Joseph Lozano was in a quandary. The NCAA Sweet
Sixteen games were playing at the same time as the
Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies. He
wondered how he could sneak past Fr. Illo to watch
the games at Loyola during the Triduum services.
So he asked Fr. Buckley for advice. “Not a
problem,” said Fr. Buckley: “That’s what video
recorders are for.” Joseph was surprised. "You
mean I can tape Good Friday?”
Let us remember our
Seniors at our Masses and daily rosaries
Crossword Puzzle by Puzzlemaster Joan Short
Across 1. Future first 5. Prized for its fur 6. St. Teresia Benedicta 8. Part of a hot cereal 9. Half a Latin dance 10. British parenthesis 12. He says, "Hear ye, hear ye." 13. See: Look:: ____ : Listen
Down 1. Rose Sunday 2. What Miss Reyes is no longer (acro) 3. Raincoat 4. Leash 5. Keeps clothes pleated 6. Reaction to ice-cream served in Lent 7. Sean Schmidgall is identi-fied by this 11. Spies' boss (acro.)
Dancing the night away before their defense
Welcome the Church, Abi Retallick!
Fr. Illo will be giving a retreat to the Missionaries of Charity in Peru,
April 10-20. He begs your prayers, and will ask the Sisters to pray for you.