Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

Iconography

Dates: Monday, July 23 - Saturday, July 28 Participants arrive on Monday between 3:00 and 5:00 PM, and can depart after 9:00AM on July 28. Program Cost: $1,395 includes room, tuition, and meals Learning the Best of the Catholic Artistic Tradition Forty-five years ago, Pope Paul VI said to artists from around the world, “You are masters. It is your task, your mission, and your art consists in grasping treasures from the heavenly realm of the spirit and clothing them in words, colors, forms—making them accessible.” Through the Thomas More College’s Iconography summer program you can enter into this tradition of beauty that is so central in ...

Great Books Program

Dates: Students arrive between 3:00pm and 5:00pm on Monday, July 9 and depart after 9:00am on Saturday, July 21 Program Cost: $895 for room, tuition, books and meals Why pursue truth? Why discipline the mind? Why, if not because the quest for the true, the good, and the beautiful is the last great crusade open to honest seekers? Why, if not because the study of our past gives us a fresh look on the present? Why, if not because the reward is beyond compare? Why, if not because Truth is the greatest liberating gift that the Catholic Church keeps aflame for all mankind? At the 2012 ...

Catholic Leadership Institute

Dates: Students arrive between 3:00pm and 5:00pm on Monday, July 9 and depart after 9:00am on Saturday, July 21 Program Cost: $895 for room, tuition, books and meals Would you be able to captain a ship in a storm? Would you recognize a good captain when you meet one? Many people imagine themselves capable of being just and brave leaders, but are they? What are the qualities of good leadership? Of Christian leadership? What makes the best leaders—is it first instruction or experience—or is it the case that leaders are just “born leaders?” How and what does the Catholic Church teach about leadership, society, work, ...

Your Pursuit for Truth Begins Here

In 2012, Thomas More College is building upon its widely popular summer programs. Much has changed in our lineup this year, but we have worked diligently to maintain the high level of quality and rigor that you have come to expect from Thomas More College.

Summer Programs and Adventures for High School Students

Great Books Program: our flagship course, which for 30 years has provided young people with a challenging introduction to the liberal arts and the Catholic tradition.

Catholic Leadership Institute: challenges students to become leaders through a study of the social teachings of the Catholic Church, an outdoors program and service projects.

Summer Programs for All Ages

Iconography: inspires artists and would-be-artists to master the techniques of Iconography and to learn the philosophy and theology that is behind each drawing.

Way of Beauty Summer Retreat: explore traditional paths to inspiration and become more creative in whatever you do.