Los Angeles, Calif., Nov 29, 2008 / 17:10 pm
After traveling over 11,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean and back, the 765-pound cornerstone of Thomas Aquinas College’s chapel was laid in place last month. The cornerstone is part of $23 million construction of the Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel on the Santa Paula, California campus.
According to a press release from the college, the cornerstone traveled from Indiana to Rome where it was blessed by Pope Benedict XVI before arriving on the TAC campus. The stone itself measures two feet high, three feet wide and eight inches thick. It also contains a metal tube that will hold scrolls that list the names of the chapel’s benefactors, students, faculty, alumni, governors, and other friends of the college.