Gold Mass & Reception

Calling all STEM* enthusiasts! St. Tom's will celebrate a Gold Mass on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 11:30 a.m., the feast day for St. Albert the Great (patron saint of natural science), with a networking reception after Mass in Newman Hall. 

More information on Gold Masses can be found here: https://catholicscientists.org/gold-masses/

*STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) students, teachers, scientists, and those working or retired from STEM fields. 

About St. Albert the Great: (c. 1200 - 1280) was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop who is considered one of the greatest medieval thinkers: 

• Known for: Albert the Great was a universal thinker who wrote about many subjects, including astronomy, chemistry, physics, biology, and geography. He also made original contributions to logic, psychology, metaphysics, meteorology, mineralogy, and zoology. 
• Influences: Albert the Great was influenced by Aristotle and Avicenna. 
• Education: Albert the Great attended the University of Paris and the University of Padua.
• Accomplishments: Albert the Great wrote a compendium of all knowledge, which took him 20 years to complete. He also served as an educator in Paris and Cologne, as Dominican provincial, and as bishop of Regensburg. 
• Canonization: Pope Pius XI declared Albert the Great a saint and a doctor of the Church in 1931. 
• Patron saint: Pope Pius XII declared him the patron saint of the natural sciences in 1941. He is also the patron saint of philosophers.