University of St. Thomas Campus Ministry and Tommie Prison Ministry teamed up on Dec. 3 for an event in the Iverson Center for Faith to create Christmas cards for prisoners this holiday season. Gwynnevere Vang has the story.
Opinions Content Managing Editor Macy Berendsen argues that the conversation regarding St. Thomas’ involvement and resources for safe sexual health and abortions needs to remain open.
St. Thomas Campus Ministry and the Office for Mission held an ecumenical prayer Friday for peace and justice in Ukraine. Theology professor Paul Gavrilyuk, who is Ukrainian, spoke before the prayer, describing President Vladimir Putin’s words as “straight from Hitler’s playbook.”
As St. Thomas Peer Ministry gathered to hold a “Prayer For Life” vigil Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul, students in support of abortion rights also showed up to stand against the event.
St. Thomas Campus Ministry will hold an outdoor candlelight vigil next Wednesday for Erika Cruz and Kailin Wang, two St. Thomas students who both died the last week of February.
Muslim students at St. Thomas fast, avoid pleasures and become closer to God during the month of Ramadan, while also celebrating and gathering with families. There will be little gathering this year during the COVID-19 pandemic. University Affairs Editor Justin Amaker has the story.
The Rev. Lawrence Blake, Campus Ministry director, spoke on Campus Ministry updates and the Data Science and Analytics Club was approved at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting Thursday, April 30. University Affairs Editor Justin Amaker has the update.
Carrie Thysse and her fiance Pat O’Neill, who met during their first week of law school at St. Thomas, were ready to say their vows on June 13 in the newly renovated Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on the university’s campus. Reporter Mia Laube has the story.
Photographer Caroline MacKeen was at Cru’s MyStory event to document student’s faith stories.
The Rev. Larry Blake has been appointed as the new chaplain and director of Campus Ministry beginning in October, with the Rev. Larry Snyder serving as chaplain until his arrival.
More than 30 students from St. Thomas’ various Christian groups assembled at the Undergraduate Student Government meeting April 17 to ask for USG’s support regarding changes to Campus Ministry.
In honor of the Catholic Church’s Year of Mercy, St. Thomas students are writing letters to prison inmates and conducting a clothing drive as part of this year’s Corporal Works of Mercy Project.
The Rev. Erich Rutten has been offered a new job with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Tommie Catholic gatherings will be stirring things up this year as a new platform for faith-based discussion and community building.
Students from St. Thomas’ and St. Kate’s campus ministry groups will travel to Philadelphia for Pope Francis’ first visit to America.
