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It was a reunion of sorts for 91����� Aquinas College alumni living in greater Phoenix on April 13. St. Mary�s Catholic � the oldest diocesan high school in Arizona, now six years into a spiritual and academic renaissance � hosted a reception and seminar for TAC alumni in the area.

Although the Gospels are largely silent about Our Lord�s childhood, medieval devotions to the Christ Child led many believers to seek out apocryphal accounts, which went on to shape the piety of the Middle Ages.

Christopher Zehnder (�87) was a recent guest on EWTN�s Journey Home, where he told the story of his conversion to the Catholic faith, and the invaluable role that a fellow alumnus, Kevin Long (�77), played in it.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz recently that he has hired William �Billy� Gribbin Jr.

Last month the Washington Post�s deputy editorial page editor, Ruth Marcus, boasted, �without hesitation,� that she would have aborted either of her two children, had one been diagnosed, in utero, with Down Syndrome. To which alumnus cartoonist Pat Cross (�14) has offered the following rejoinder, making note of the WaPo�s slogan, adopted early in 2017:

Who is Marcel Van?

�How do you confront the Culture of Death � a materialistic, secular, godless culture � when you�re immersed in it?� asks Rev. Jerome Zeiler, O.P. (�00), parochial vicar of St.

The family of Rose (Teichert �76) Grimm reports that she has been diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer and will soon undergo aggressive treatment.

The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington, recently its list of six reader-columnists who will grace its pages for the upcoming