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

  • Eucharistic Pilgrimage Camino de California

    June 3, 2025 - 10:47am
    Be part of the Eucharistic Pilgrimage Camino de California which will be in our area June 14th and 15th.  Click HERE for more information. Home Page           Prayer Line           Bulletins          ...
  • Honoring Our Fallen this Memorial Day

    May 26, 2025 - 6:00am
    Today we honor all the brave men and women of our military who have fallen in the line of duty.  Since the days following the end of the Civil War, Americans have dedicated the end of May to remembering those who died in...
  • Help Guide the Parish?

    May 1, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Fr. Kirk would like to form a Pastoral Council to assist him with shepherding the parish.  The Council is a consultative body called to assist the pastor in discerning and carrying out the mission of the Church. Pastoral...
  • Happy Easter, from St. Thomas Aquinas

    April 20, 2025 - 6:00am
    Good morning everyone, Jesus Christ has conquered the grave! Let us rejoice in this most important day! Try to find joy in the small blessings--the sunshine and blooming flowers--and also in the hope we have knowing our savior...
  • Family Faith Activities for the Easter Season

    April 19, 2025 - 1:00pm
    Celebrating Easter as a Family You did it! Your family made it through the blessed season of Lent and has arrived at Easter! On this holiest day of the year, we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus.   Here are some ways to focus...

Spiritual Reflections

  • Mary Moved with Haste! Do We? (Feast of the Visitation - May 31st)

    May 31, 2025 - 6:00am
    "Mary Moved with Haste" Mary's first recorded action after the visit of the angel was to visit her older cousin Elizabeth. Pregnant and traveling over a hilly landscape, she moved "with haste" to rejoice in what the Lord wanted...
  • The Ascension of Christ (May 29th)

    May 29, 2025 - 6:00am
    The Ascension of Christ Jesus "ascends" into Heaven. What does this mean?  We do not believe that Jesus is on a cloud or floating around the galaxy or went "up, up, and away!" For the Jewish people, "heaven" and "earth" are two...
  • Sixth Sunday of Easter - Sunday, May 25th

    May 24, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Sunday, May 25, 2025 | Sixth Sunday of Easter |  John 14:23–29 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus says that the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in Christ’s name, will teach his disciples everything. The Holy Spirit...
  • Fifth Sunday of Easter - Sunday, May 18th

    May 17, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Sunday, May 18, 2025 | Fifth Sunday of Easter |  John 13:31–33a, 34–35 Friends, today’s Gospel instructs us in the way of loving others with God’s love. We find joy in God alone, for our souls have been wired for God...
  • Our Lady of Fatima: Pray for us! (May 13th)

    May 13, 2025 - 6:00am
    May 13th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.  In 1917, the Blessed Mother appeared to three shepherd children in Portugal. Over the course of many months, she revealed herself to the children and implored them to spread the...

Upcoming Events

Labor Day

September 1, 2025 at (All day)

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin May

September 8, 2025 at (All day)

All Saints Day

Holyday of Obligation
November 1, 2025 at (All day)

All Souls Day

November 2, 2025 at (All day)

Thanksgiving

November 27, 2025 at (All day)

Thanksgiving Dinner

November 27, 2025 at 12:00pm to at 3:00pm
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