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IN MEMORIAM - DR. NATHAN CHASE

Dr. Nathan Chase, Aquinas Assistant Professor of Liturgical and Sacramental Theology, passed away on March 1, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He was 34 years old.

Please join us in remembering our late treasured colleague by visiting our In Memoriam page.

IN MEMORIAM- DR. NATHAN CHASE

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MAPS-CGS Applications Open!

Applications for the Master of Pastoral Arts - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (MAPS-CGS) 2026 cohort are open now!  

Originally developed in Rome more than 60 years ago by Sofia Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi for children aged three to 12, the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) is a Montessori–based religious formation program. The MAPS–CGS program at Aquinas offers the unique opportunity for CGS instructors to understand the influential underpinnings of Cavelletti and Gobbi’s work and further expand their capacity to serve and foster children’s relationship with God.

Aquinas has the only master's program devoted to CGS. Explore this program and apply today. Applications are due October 10.

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LIVING LITURGICALLY
The Center for Continuing Education invites you to join us for our spring/ summer monthly "Lunch-and-Learn" sessions, as we explore the depths of the liturgical year and how that shapes our lives as Catholics. Lunch will be served at noon, with a presentation on the readings, liturgy and seasons and opportunities for conversation and fellowship. These occur on the first Friday of each month in April, May, and June. Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. in our community chapel for those who wish to attend before the sessions begin.
 
Begins April 4, 2025!
 

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 Saint 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.

$2.75 million

Received in Grant Money

Aquinas Institute has launched the Center for Community Engagement and Evangelization as well as the New Frontiers in Preaching program 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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