The Mission 

We're so glad you're here.
The Newman Center – St. Thomas Aquinas Church is the Catholic Church on campus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Our mission is to forge college students into saints, fully alive in Christ. We have served the spiritual, human, intellectual and apostolic formation needs of Catholic students attending the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for over a century. We also serve all college students in the Lincoln area , from Southeast Community College to Nebraska Wesleyan and beyond.

Our beautiful building is located on the corner of 16th and Q streets on campus.
Since expansion in 2015, our existing ministries have thrived and many new ones have begun!
We hope you will find a home here at Newman and look forward to seeing you soon.
Sometimes in the Catholic world, we speak of our relationship with God in the same way we describe the gas tank in our car: I need to go to this retreat, or this conference, or do this thing to be filled up with God, so I can go back out and empty my tank again. While these types of experiences are important for our Christian journey, the mentality that God is an intermittent dispenser of grace at certain times and places, cuts short the deep intimacy into which He invites us. A more helpful (and correct) metaphor would be that of a sailboat. The Lord is continually present and active in our lives. The wind of the Holy Spirit is continually blowing in varied and nuanced directions. Sometimes He is easy to perceive, sometimes He is more hidden, but He is always there.

With Jesus in the Eucharist as the source of our strength and with Mary as our protecting Mother, we simply need to let down the sail of our heart and cooperate with the Spirit’s promptings to carry out His will in our lives. At the Newman Center, we have many beautiful ministries to help our students encounter Jesus. We have the structures and the methods in place to carry out our mission, and now the Lord is calling us to a renewed trust and boldness, to not be afraid to follow His will in every circumstance, to indeed, unfurl our sails and let Him steer us, so that every student on campus may know the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Mass & Confession Times

Eucharistic Adoration:
Monday-Thursday: 9AM-9PM
Friday: 9AM-5:30PM
Mass Times:
Monday-Thursday: 5:30PM & 9:10PM
Friday: 12PM & 5:30PM
Saturday: 9AM
Sunday: 10AM, 12PM & 9:10PM
Confessions:
Monday-Thursday: 4:30-5:20PM & 8-9PM
Friday: 4:30-5:20PM
Sunday:  8-9PM

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