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Aquinas Institute of Theology's Class of 2026
Say Goodbye to Fr. Patrick!

After four years with Aquinas Institute, Fr. Patrick Baikauskas, OP, is leaving Aquinas for The University of Chicago. To read more and find out how to say your goodbye, click below.

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Dr. Eleonore Stump Gives Commencement Address
At Aquinas Institute's 2026 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 8, Dr. Eleonore Stump, the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, gave the Commencement address, shortly after receiving the Doctor Honoris Causa from Aquinas. 
 
 

 

The Aquinas Children's Worship Partnership (ACWP)

After a year of planning and preparation, Aquinas Institute launches the Aquinas Children's Worship Partnership (ACWP) initiative! Made possible by a $1.25 million Lilly Endowment grant, the ACWP strengthens liturgical ministry with children. Find out more about the initiative and how you can get involved.

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THE AQUINAS WAY

Part of the world-wide Order of Preachers and following in the footsteps of Saint Dominic, we are a Catholic, Dominican, graduate school of theology in St. Louis, Missouri. We send out graduates, lay and religious, grounded in the teachings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, to preach the gospel in word and deed. 

By The Numbers

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Student-to-Teacher Ratio

Aquinas Institute believes in a small community where teachers, laypersons and friars can learn side-by-side, using discussion and collaboration as tools to best find the truth.

$4 million

Received in Grant Money

Aquinas Institute has launched the Center for Continuing Education, the New Frontiers in Preaching program, and the Aquinas Children's Worship Partnership with grant money provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc. These programs allow Aquinas to not only teach graduate students, but to provide lifelong learning opportunities as well.

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Nearly 2,000 Alumni Around the World

Aquinas alumni have served as hospital chaplains, non-profit executives, youth ministers, theology teachers, academic administrators, college professors, social justice advocates, and more.

1925

Year Aquinas Institute of Theology was founded

Aquinas Institute of Theology has been educating graduate students in the discipline of theology for almost 100 years.

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Academic programs offered, from degree programs to graduate certificate options

Graduate degree programs at Aquinas include a Master of Arts in Theology, Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies, and a Master of Divinity, the country's only Doctor of Ministry in Preaching, and the only Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd degree of its kind.

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Fully Funded Aquinas Scholarships

Available for full-time students in any of the "Core Three" programs: MA in Theology, MA in Pastoral Studies, or Master of Divinity.

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Dominican Provinces served

Aquinas Institute is designated as the Center for Institutional Studies by the Order of Preachers and is sponsored by the Dominican Central Province of St. Albert the Great in partnership with Dominican Southern Province of St. Martin de Porres.

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