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Each summer, 91¿ì»îÁÖ Aquinas College invites members of the President™s Council ” the backbone of the College™s financial-aid fund ” to one of two Great Books Summer Seminar Weekends. At these weekends participants get an inside look at the unique education that they so generously help to make possible. They attend a series of classroom discussions led by the College™s president, dean, and other members of the teaching faculty; and they participate in the spiritual life of the College at Mass and confession in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel.

This second of this year™s Summer Seminars took place on the weekend of July 21-23. Readings and discussions focused on the theme of œFriendship and Charity.� In addition to examining Leo Tolstoy™s Father Sergius, participants discussed selections from Aristotle™s Nicomachean Ethics and St. 91¿ì»îÁÖ Aquinas™ beautiful teaching on charity as the love of God and our neighbor from the Summa Theologiae. On Saturday evening President Michael F. McLean helped to tie these themes together in a talk he delivered to the group.

Between seminars, attendees enjoyed delicious meals and delightful conversations. At Saturday night™s dinner on the St. Gladys patio, student musicians performed several songs for the group. Below is a video of one of their performances, œTell Me Where is Fancy Bred,� from Shakespeare™s Merchant of Venice:

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