2022-23 Mission Trips

We are very fortunate at St. Tom’s to be able to one-third subsidize our service trips with the help of generous donations from our resident parishioners, alumni, family, and friends.  All trips require a one-third deposit from student participants, a mailing to five individuals by each student missionary, and participation in various fundraising efforts, which will be explained at CALLOUT meetings before trips.  Each trip has its own personality, but all trips provide daily Morning Prayer, Mass, and Evening Prayer. 

Spring Break Mission Trips

The student deposit will be $150 for these trips. 

CALLOUT:   Wednesday, January 25, 6:00 pm in the Siena Rooms, downstairs at St. Tom’s 

• Jonestown, Mississippi: At Jonestown, there will be two work groups. You will be doing construction tasks with a local chapter of Jonestown Habitat for Humanity or working on social service projects in town. You may also help rehabilitate older houses that have fallen into disrepair. You will have the chance to visit the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, en route home. You will experience the culture of the Mississippi Delta through experiences of warm Southern hospitality, live Blues music, and excellent Southern food! You will all stay together in a large dormitory in Clarksdale, MS, alongside IHM Church, where we will pray and participate in Mass.  
• Pensacola, Florida: In Pensacola, you will work with Habitat for Humanity to build a house for a needy family. You start from the slab, build the frame, put up the roof, shingle the roof, and assist in various construction activities. Each day begins with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and there will be opportunities to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding area. You will stay in a nice beach house with other Purdue volunteers, taking turns cooking meals for the group. 
• Charlestown, South Carolina: This past year, St. Tom’s introduced a new spring break mission trip to Charleston, South Carolina, where we partnered with Sea Island Habitat. The South Carolina mission trip offers an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful and very historic venue of Charlestown, South Carolina. You will work in construction, stay together in an intimate living space, and cook your own meals.  

Questions? 

Contact Dee Bernhardt, director of campus ministry.
 

Spring 2023 Application