Today, January 28, 2025 is the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas and is celebrated as the 800th anniversary of his birth (even though history does not record the actual date), and so it begins the third of the Three Jubilee Years commemorating also the 700th anniversary of his canonization in 1323 and the 750th anniversaryContinue reading “Happy Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of Humanity – 2025”
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To Know the Truth of Things
If you have visited the Thomistic Philosophy Page in recent months, you may have notice an image of the cover for my forthcoming book, To Know the Truth of Things: An Overview of the Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The title comes from an observation about the nature and goal of philosophy that Saint ThomasContinue reading “To Know the Truth of Things”
Saint Thomas(‘s Skull) Is Coming to America
The holy relic of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s skull is continuing its world tour to celebrate the Triple Jubilee of the 700th anniversary of his canonization in 1323, the 750th anniversary of his death in 1274. and the 800th anniversary of his birth in 1225. To celebrate these special anniversaries, the Dominican province of Toulouse inContinue reading “Saint Thomas(‘s Skull) Is Coming to America”
Celebrating Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Anniversaries in Surprising Ways
I found and shared on Facebook an article from the Vatican News Service “Pope Francis: Thomas Aquinas’ thought more relevant than ever“ featuring remarks Pope Francis made about the enduring value of Saint Thomas and his doctrinal legacy on the occasion of a workshop organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences commemorating the 750thContinue reading “Celebrating Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Anniversaries in Surprising Ways”
750th Anniversary of the Death of Saint Thomas – Memento Mori
While no longer celebrated as his feast day, today, March 7, is the anniversary of the death of Saint Thomas Aquinas, and this year, 2024, marks the 750th such commemoration and is part of the Triple Jubilee of the Angelic Doctor (along with the 700th anniversary of his canonization and 800th anniversary of his birthContinue reading “750th Anniversary of the Death of Saint Thomas – Memento Mori”
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