Howdy, everyone!
Sorry for sending this week's flocknote out a bit late. Blockbuster was a crazy busy and a crazy AWESOME weekend!!
I can truly and honestly speak for Rich (Boiler Catholics President), Cassidy (Vice President and Treasurer), Isabel (Intern), all our ministry leaders, all our St. Tom's staff, and myself: This past weekend, we LOVED meeting all of our new students and reuniting with those who are returning! This is going to be an amazing year.
Remember, you are all wonderful, and we are so excited to have so many new students join our St. Tom's family.
But now we're on to good ol' week two at good ol' Purdue, and St. Tom's has a bunch of opportunities for you to get involved, so scroll on down!
Let's take this semester in stride, and know that us officers and lovely intern are praying for you all.
God Bless!!
~AnnMarie (Boiler Catholics Secretary)
YOU are called to GREATNESS! YOU are an AMAZING gift from God. Invite Him into your day.
And the results from last week's poll are innnnnnnn!!
- 80 of us would prefer to never get stopped at a stop light, EVER again
- 121 of us would prefer to never have to wait for anything to load EVER again
- and 18 of us humored by "Please wait... Answer choice is currently loading"
Now, here's our next poll:
Do you know who MIMAL man is???
He's that mime who appeared on America's Got Talent that one year
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He's the chef in the middle of the United States!
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He's an old Looney Tunes character, duhhhhh
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Table of Contents:
- Got Questions?
- Events for the Next 2 Weeks
- Worship Schedule
- Flocknote Link
- Boiler Catholics Office Hours
- Event Descriptions
- MEMES
Got Questions on What Boiler Catholics is?
Great! I am one of three officers for Boiler Catholics: Rich Lopez is our President, and Cassidy Lurk is our Vice President and Treasurer. We also have our wonderful intern, Isabel Blahunka.
If you have ANY QUESTIONS on how to get involved, where to start, where to go for confession, how to contact a priest... ANYTHING, don't hesitate to reach out to one of us officers or our intern!
You can email us at officers@boilercatholics.org or secretary@boilercatholics.org
Or you can come to our office hours, which are listed after the flocknote link, so scroll on down!
Blessings,
Your Boiler Catholics Officers and intern
Rich (President), Cassidy (Vice-President and Treasurer), AnnMarie (Secretary), and Isabel (Intern)
And Watch this (kinda cringey) video for a quick tour of St. Tom's!
Events for the Next 2 Weeks:
Scroll down a bit more to read EVENT DESCRIPTIONS
Monday (8/30, 9/6)
1. (8/30) Interested in assisting the Youth at St. Tom's? LifeGuides Callout
2. (8/30) Want to stand up for the unborn? Boilermakers for Life Callout
Tuesday (8/31, 9/7)
3. (8/31) Catholic Truth League Callout -- Catholic Apologetics
4. (8/31) Interested in assisting the Youth at St. Tom's? -- Pt. 2
5. (9/7) Cooking for the Homeless!! Justice with Peace Callout
Wednesday (9/1, 9/8)
6. (9/1, 9/8) Wednesday Night Mass
Thursday (9/2, 9/9)
7. (9/2) Eucharistic Adoration... but with MUSIC -- Exalt Callout
8. (9/2) ALL men attending Purdue: Boiler Catholic Men Callout
9. (9/9) ALL ladies attending Purdue: Boiler Catholic Women Callout
Friday (9/3, 9/10)
10. (9/10) New Student Overnighter!!
Saturday (9/4, 9/11)
11. (9/11) New Student Overnighter!!!!
12. (9/11) Interested in being a Liturgical Minister?
Sunday (9/5, 9/12)
13. (9/5, 9/12) Sunday Night Dinner
Other Awesome Sauce
14. An awesome sauce podcast
15. FREE, instant access to THOUSANDS of movies...
Worship Schedule
For updated Mass, Confession times, and more, click here.
Flocknote Link
Send this link to your friends to keep them up to date with events at St. Tom's:
Boiler Catholics Officer's Office Hours
Office Location: Downstairs off of Newman Hall! (In that room next to the bathrooms).
Monday
9:30-10:30am with Cassidy
12:15-1:15pm with Isabel
12:30-1:30pm with AnnMarie
Tuesday
10:00am-11:00am with Rich
Wednesday
9:30-10:30am with Cassidy
12:15-1:15pm with Isabel
12:30-1:30pm with AnnMarie
Thursday
10:00am-11:00am with Rich
President: Rich Lopez
VP/Treasurer: Cassidy Lurk
Secretary: AnnMarie Hemmerling
Intern: Isabel Blahunka
Secretary: AnnMarie Hemmerling
Intern: Isabel Blahunka
Event Descriptions
1. (8/30) Interested in assisting the Youth at St. Tom's? LifeGuides Callout
Do you enjoy interacting with and mentoring youth while sharing your Faith? Please attend the LifeGuides callout on Aug 30 at 7pm in at St. Tom's, downstairs in Newman Hall to learn about one of our largest ministries! There will be PIZZA. Email carolyn@boilercatholics.org with questions.
2. (8/30) Want to stand up for the unborn? Boilermakers for Life Callout
Want to spread a spirit of life on campus and promote respect for all human life from fertilization to natural death? Stop by WALC 3084 7pm on August 30th for this callout!
3. (8/31) Catholic Truth League Callout -- Catholic Apologetics
Interested in talking and learning about the nitty gritty of the Catholic Faith? Definitely come to St. Tom's and go downstairs to Room 3 at 8PM to learn more about Catholic Truth League!
(After you go down the stairs, take a right and the room will be straight ahead!)
4. (8/31) Interested in assisting the Youth at St. Tom's? -- Pt. 2
Couldn't attend the first callout on Monday? Here's another opportunity to find out about how you can mentor youth and share your faith with them. Come to St. Tom's, downstairs in Newman Hall at 7PM on August 31st. There will be PIZZA.
5. (9/7) Cooking for the Homeless!! Justice with Peace Callout
Get hyped to MEAT some fellow Boiler Catholic students at Justice with Peace. We will STIR up a meal for a homeless shelter in West Lafayette. After a rejuvenating SI(U)MMER, JWP is excited to get back in action. SO RICE and shine Boiler Catholics and join us for our callout on September 7th at 6:15 down in Newman Hall!
(We love Lily's puns!!!!!!!!!!)
6. (9/1, 9/8) Wednesday Night Mass
Bring a friend and join fellow students for Mass at 9pm every Wednesday! We hope you can make it! Chant choir will be singing for every fourth Wednesday of the month. Also, we have free icecream
7. (9/2) Eucharistic Adoration... but with MUSIC -- Exalt Callout
Enjoy praising God through singing and/or playing an instrument? The ministry Exalt wants to invite you to come and see what they're about and join a mini praise and worship session downstairs in room 3 at 7PM.
(After you go down the stairs, take a right and the room will be straight ahead!)
8. (9/2) ALL men attending Purdue: Boiler Catholic Men Callout
Young Catholic Men in any stage of faith meet at St. Tom's downstairs in the St. Thomas More rooms off of Newman Hall every Thursday at 8PM. Join them on September 2nd for their first gathering of the semester!
9. (9/9) ALL ladies attending Purdue: Boiler Catholic Women Callout
Lovely Catholic ladies in any stage of faith meet up every week at St. Tom's! Join them on 9/9 in downstairs in room 3 at 8PM for their Callout and learn what they've got planned this semester!
(Room 3: After you go down the stairs, take a right and the room will be straight ahead)
10. (9/10) New Student Overnighter!!
ANY and ALL New Students (that includes you, transfer students!) are cordially invited to attend our New Student Overnighter. It's a great way to meet people and find ways to get involved at St. Tom's! After signing up at this link, come to St. Tom's anywhere between 4pm and 7pm on Friday, 9/10. Enjoy fun, food, friendship, and stay overnight! Your St. Tom's family awaits you :)
11. (9/11) New Student Overnighter!!!!
The second day of the New Student Overnighter! Woot woot! If you haven't clicked that sign up link yet, here's your second opportunity ;) Click this link. You know you want to!
12. (9/11) Interested in being a Liturgical Minister?
Being a Liturgical Minister is all about the behind the scenes stuff that helps Mass run smoothly! If this interests you, training for sacristans, communion ministers, readers, and altar servers will be offered on Saturday, September 11th from 10-11:15 AM in the church. If you can't make that, don't sweat it! There's another on Saturday, September 18th from 7-8:15 PM.
13. (9/5, 9/12) Sunday Night Dinner
We have Sunday Night Dinner every Sunday for only $3 at 5:30PM. And if you come on August 29th, you will also get the opportunity to walk through our ministry fair, which is listed below.
14. An awesome sauce podcast
If you’ve struggled to read the Bible, The Bible in a Year podcast with Father Mike Schmitz is for you! It guides Catholics through the Bible in 365 daily 20ish minute episodes, and it follows a reading plan inspired by the Great Adventure Bible Timeline® . Click HERE for more info and how you can stream this podcast!
15. FREE, instant access to THOUSANDS of movies...
As a St. Tom’s parishioner, you have free, instant access to thousands of movies, programs, and audio books on spiritual formation through FORMED. To sign up or to access, visit formed.org/signup and search for “St. Thomas Aquinas West Lafayette." This is an incredible opportunity to learn more about your faith!
MEMES
If you would like the Christian meme of your choice to be featured, email secretary@boilercatholics.org!
