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

  • 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...
  • Eggs & the Easter Bunny?

    April 18, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Eggs & the Easter Bunny? What do egg hunts and the Easter bunny have to do with the Christian celebration of Jesus' resurrection from the dead?   Easter Eggs Easter eggs are said to represent Jesus’ emergence from the tomb to...
  • Holy Week Schedule for St. Thomas Aquinas

    April 11, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Dear church family, We look forward to observing and celebrating Holy Week together in the coming days. Click the button below to see the schedule for Holy Week and know that we are praying for you during this time! Holy Week...

Spiritual Reflections

  • 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...
  • Honor Your Mother (and all Mothers!)

    May 11, 2025 - 6:00am
    May is a month where we're called to pause and especially say, "Thank you!" for the steadfast, patient, and powerful love of our mothers. Be it with flowers, brunch, or just quality time with her, let's make an extra-special...
  • Fourth Sunday of Easter - Sunday, May 11th

    May 10, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Sunday, May 11, 2025 | Fourth Sunday of Easter |  John 10:27–30 Friends, our Gospel reading today is extremely short, but it is packed with theological and spiritual significance. We hear first of a voice: “My sheep hear my...
  • Evangelizing & Seeking Justice

    May 6, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Evangelizing & Seeking Justice  "The earth is the Lord's" (Psalm 24:1)  For many, religion is reduced today to merely "being a good person." Our behavior and ethics are seemingly all that matters; we don't need to actually tell...
  • Third Sunday of Easter - Sunday, May 4th

    May 3, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Sunday, May 4, 2025 | Third Sunday of Easter |  John 21:1–19 Friends, we must attend to the mystical depth of today’s Gospel. At the break of dawn, the disciples spy a mysterious figure on the distant shore who shouts out to...

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
Aquinas Center
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