At ZENIT, Catherine Smiebert reports on the celebration of the feastday of St. Thomas Aquinas (1/28) at the University under his patronage:

What better way to celebrate the feast of a saint than to party as he would?

This is exactly what the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, did for its namesake’s feast Jan. 28. It marked the day with a Mass, music and a good meal — with stimulating and intellectual conversation on the side, of course.

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Then, following a feast of pasta, porchetta (roasted pig), and a lecture, the students and Dominican brothers of the university took turns to swing a stick at a large piñata, in the form of the Summa Theologica.