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 Prayer Line

    October 17, 2024 - 8:31am
    The parish prayer line was experiencing technical problems and has transitioned to a new system called Flocknote.  The prayer line is still displayed on the parish website HERE .  You can sign-up to receive emails or a text...
  • Celebrate Respect Life Month!

    October 16, 2024 - 8:38pm
    Since 1973, the Catholic Church in the United States has observed October as Respect Life Month, and the first Sunday of October is observed as Respect Life Sunday. As Catholics, we are called to cherish and protect those who are...

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  • A Life of Total Love - Sunday, October 13th

    October 17, 2024 - 7:23am
    Sunday, October 13, 2024 | Twenty-eighth  Sunday in Ordinary Time |  M ark 10:17–30 Friends, in today’s Gospel, a rich young man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. There is something absolutely right about...
  • Why lust is so harmful

    April 9, 2020 - 1:00pm
    Why lust is so harmful Lust is treating another human being as a means to satisfy your sexual desire. It’s using them as an object rather than loving them as a person. Watch this short video to appreciate sex from God’s...
  • Excess love of created things

    April 2, 2020 - 1:00pm
    Excess love of created things Catholics don’t preach puritanism but taking an immoderate pleasure in food or drink is a sin called gluttony. Gluttons seek to fill up their infinite hunger for God with something finite...

Upcoming Events

All Saints Day

Holyday of Obligation
November 1, 2024 at (All day)

All Souls Day

November 2, 2024 at (All day)

Adult Faith Formation

November 3, 2024 at 11:00am
Join us for our series on adult catholic faith formation where we discuss a wide variety of topics in our catholic faith. Each session will be held... Read more

Thanksgiving

November 28, 2024 at (All day)

Thanksgiving Dinner

November 28, 2024 at 12:00pm to at 3:00pm
Aquinas Center

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Vigin Mary

Holyday of Obligation
December 8, 2024 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, 2024 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

Christmas Eve

Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord
December 24, 2024 at (All day)
Family Mass 5:00pm Mass in Spanish 6:30pm Mass in English 10:00pmRead more
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