Welcome to the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church parish website.
We are an active Christian community in the Ojai Valley and invite you to join us in our mission to live the Gospel message. Listed below are some of the more recent news and updates. Please join us at Mass this week for worship, fellowship and celebration of God’s great love.
Our Mission
In our Catholic tradition we strive to live the Gospel life in prayer, sacrament, liturgy, teaching, evangelization and stewardship. By the grace of God and guided by the Holy Spirit, may we truly live the faith we are called to profess each day.
Announcements
Parish Festival Volunteers
August 30, 2025 - 11:26amThe parish festival starts next Friday and we need your help to make it a success. Currently, we don't have enough volunteers to staff the parish booths. We have also added a food vendor on behalf of the parish and need a...Fr. Greg Boyle at Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura on 9/17/25
August 30, 2025 - 11:14amOur Lady of the Assumption in Ventura is hosting an evening with Fr. Greg Boyle & Staff Members on Wednesday, September 17 th at 7 pm. Fr. Greg will share the work done at HomeBoy Industries in Los Angeles. Fr. Greg will have...Rummage Sale Sign-ups
August 11, 2025 - 11:32amThe Parish Rummage Sale is Aug 23-24, 2025 and we need your help. Money that is raised by the rummage sale is used to help pay for parish operations and ministries. Please prayerfully consider volunteering to help with the...Parish Festival and Rummage Sale Signups
August 3, 2025 - 2:43pmRummage Sale Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help with the Parish Rummage Sale August 23-24, 2025. We will be sending out volunteer activity signups through Flocknote the week of August 4th. If you have not...Parish Festival September 5-7, 2025
July 23, 2025 - 9:28amWe are excited to announce that the Parish Festival will be held sooner this year than last year! The festival will run from Friday, September 5, 2025 through Sunday September 7, 2025. It will be the same type of festival as...
Spiritual Reflections
Stop playing the game - Sunday, August 31st
August 30, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, August 31, 2025 | Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 14:1, 7-14 Friends, our Gospel today is the famous passage from Luke’s Gospel dealing with honor at a banquet. Jesus has been invited to the home of a...St. Monica & St. Augustine, pray for us! (August 27-28th)
August 27, 2025 - 6:00amFeast of St. Monica & St. Augustine Born in the 4th century in North Africa to Christian parents, Monica's patience and kindness helped to bring her husband's family to faith in Christ. After many years of wandering in the places...What does it mean to "Turn the other cheek"?
August 25, 2025 - 2:00pmJesus confounded his followers with this new, radical message of non-violence. But are we called to just sit back and be passive in the face of evil? Why would Jesus ask us to "turn the other cheek"? Check out this quick video...Who will be in and who will be out? - Sunday, August 24th
August 23, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, August 24, 2025 | Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 13:22-30 Friends, our Gospel for today features a question that people have been asking from time immemorial and that they still ask today: “Lord, will...Clear the ground for something new - Sunday, August 17th
August 16, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, August 17, 2025 | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 12:49-53 Friends, the statement of Jesus that we have in the Gospel for today is frightening: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were...
Upcoming Events
All Souls Day
November 2, 2025 at (All day)
Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at (All day)
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Vigin Mary
Holyday of Obligation
December 8, 2025 at (All day)
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the solemn celebration of belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. It is... Read more
Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 12, 2025 at (All day)
Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated image... Read more
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