The question: When is it acceptable to start playing Christmas music? 

Howeverrrrr, very quickly after I sent this poll question, I was informed that there should have been an ALWAYS option. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment!

STUDENTS! Ask your parents, family and/or your friends to support your wonderful Catholic Community at Purdue! One raffle ticket is $100, and 3 prizes will be rewarded: $25,000, $15,000, and $10,00. All net proceeds will go toward Boiler Catholics, so this is REALLY big!!! Click this link for more info.

*Pro tip* If you split a ticket between 10 family members/friends, that's only $10 per person!!! ;) ;)

Everyone! Bring Granola Bars to St. Tom's any day between now and December 6th to help feed the hungry. You can also donate single serve oatmeal and cereal! Look for a box in the gathering space or drop them off in the office.
This is also a great way to use those extra Meal Swipes at the different On-the-Go markets on campus! Email justicewithpeace@boilercatholics.org with any questions. 

Everyone! Come to The Recitation Building (REC), room 112 at 7PM to learn more about what it means to be prolife and how to defend life from fertilization to natural death. Email prolifepurdue@gmail.com with questions!

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 will serve free ice cream after Mass!

All men attending Purdue, you're invited! Every Thursday at 8PM downstairs in the Siena Rooms, Men in any stage of faith come together for some healthy competition, community service, devoting time to the Bible, and much more.

All you ladies attending Purdue: you're invited to Room 4 at St. Tom's at 8PM every Thursday to foster strong relationships with other Catholic women and with God, to strive toward authentic femininity together, and to grow in faith!

EVeRyoNE! This Thursday in at St. Tom's, downstairs in Newman Hall at 8PM, Boiler Catholic Women and Boiler Catholic Men invite YOU to socialize and hear Father Chris' third talk out of six talks on the Beatitudes. There WILL be snacks ;)

Starting at 6PM, come to the Siena Rooms, downstairs at St. Tom's to meet Purdue students of different cultures and eat a meal together. Bridges of Hospitality invites YOU! Come for food, leave with some new friends :D 

Everyone! Every Friday this semester at 8PM in the Church, we have an hour of adoration with praise and worship, quiet reflection, and spiritual talks. With snacks after!!! 

IndoMass is a Vigil Mass hosted by the St. Tom's ministry, Indocats, where the songs, readings, and responses will be done in the Indonesian language, but the Homily will be delivered in English. This mass will take the place of the Saturday 5:30 pm Vigil mass in the Church!

Everyone. St. Tom's Justice with Peace is excited to announce that Purdue Winterization is on November 13, 2021! Winterization is a community service project where Purdue Students help prepare yards of the elderly and disabled for winter. Please click this link to sign up with St. Tom's Justice with Peace!! Once you have signed up, please click this link to join our GroupMe to get the latest updates on Winterization! Email Justicewithpeace@boilercatholics.org with any questions.

We have Sunday Night Dinner every Sunday for only $3 at 5:30PM in Newman Hall. Bring a friend! Eat, socialize, and have a grand ol' time.

Yo, EVERYONE. Mark your calendars!!!!! Our very own St. Tom's Staff are going to cook us a Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday, November 21st. They will start serving at 5:30PM in Newman Hall for only $4! Can you believe it??? A whole Thanksgiving meal for only $4!! That's amazing! Bring your friends and enjoy food, fellowship, and fuuuuuuun :)

The Exponent has launched the 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards voting, and we all should vote for St. Tom's as the best place to worship on campus!! :) Click this link to fill out the google form. You don't have to fill out everything in the form. If you've only got a few minutes to spare, just go to one of the last pages of the form, and you will find "Best Place to Worship" there! St. Tom's represent!!!!

One of our Boiler Catholic alumni is looking for individuals who feel called to support others in their end-of-life experience (hospice). ELARA CARING is in need of people who would be willing to do in person visits with hospice patients.  They are also looking for people who would be willing to assist with special events, administration, sewing things, etc.  Training includes going through the volunteer training manual which explains what hospice is, we discuss stress, grief, death, dying, end of life, and what to do if there is an issue.  Contact Kathryn kjaeger@elara.com for the application and to ask questions!  Elara’s Lafayette branch is 3768 Rome Dr Ste A, Lafayette, IN. 

A Boiler Catholics student named Ye-Jee, who is studying linguistics is looking for some volunteers for her graduate study!  If you would be willing to spend a few minutes to help out and get a $5 Amazon gift card, please contact her at jung292@purdue.edu.

Eucharistic Adoration Schedule:

Mondays: 12PM to 5:30PM

Tuesdays: 12PM to 5:30PM

Wednesdays: 5PM to 8PM

Thursdays: 12PM to 5:30PM

Fridays: none because we have Exalt at 8PM! (Look above)

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!

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! 

For everyone's safety, the doors off of State Street will be locked at midnight from now on. If you would like to come to the church after that time, enter through the doors off of Marsteller or off of the parking lot! Thank you :))