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
Pakistan Mission Update from Father Adnan
October 24, 2025 - 3:06pmFrom Father Adnan for the month of October; Fr Tom and I drove to Our Lady of Fatima Parish for its 75th Anniversary. It’s about three hours drive and 175 KM , (110 miles), from Our Lady of Sorrows, Murree. There were more than...Parish Offering Envelopes
October 6, 2025 - 10:36amFor those who are expecting to receive their weekly offering envelopes, you should be receiving them in the mail this month. Home Page Prayer Line Bulletins DonateCalling All Men of Faith!
October 6, 2025 - 10:31amEvent: Calling All Men of Faith! Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025 Details: Are you interested in growing in your faith, learning more about Catholic teaching, and having fellowship with other men of faith? Then consider joining the...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...
Spiritual Reflections
Opening us to the path of love - Sunday, October 26th
October 25, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, October 26, 2025 | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 18:9–14 Friends, today Jesus tells us of the Pharisee and the tax collector—so, stereotypically righteous and unrighteous people—who both enter the...St. John Paul II (Oct. 22nd)
October 22, 2025 - 6:00amA son of Poland who survived both the Nazi and Communist regime, Karol Wojtyla became a priest, and then a bishop, and then was elected Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 and took on the name John Paul II. Young Karol was a...Pray with persistence - Sunday, October 19th
October 18, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, October 19, 2025 | Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 18:1–8 Friends, today’s Gospel exhorts us to pray with persistence. This command is everywhere in the Bible. We see it in Abraham’s steady petition...Ordering life toward the living God - Sunday, October 12th
October 11, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, October 12, 2025 | Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 17:11–19 Friends, today’s Gospel recounts the Lord’s healing of ten lepers, only one of whom comes back to give thanks. Leprosy frightened people...Our Lady of the Rosary (Oct. 7th )
October 7, 2025 - 2:00pmOctober is the "Month of the Rosary," a time when we are called to especially focus on this beautiful devotion given to us through Mary to St. Dominic in the 13th century, and gifted to the entire Church! The Rosary "slows us...
Upcoming Events
Christmas Eve
Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord
December 24, 2025 at (All day)
Family Mass 5:00pm Mass in Spanish 6:30pm Mass in English 10:00pmRead more
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
Holyday of Obligation
December 25, 2025 at (All day)
Mass in English 9:30am Mass in Spanish 11:30amRead more
Solemnity of Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Mother of God
not a Holy Day of Obligation
January 1, 2026 at (All day)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Parish Office Closed
January 19, 2026 at (All day)
The parish office will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. day.Read more
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
January 22, 2026 at (All day)
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), no. 373, designates January 22 as a particular day of prayer and penance, called the "Day of... Read more
St. Thomas Aquinas Feast Day
Memorial
January 28, 2026 at (All day)
The patron saint of our parish. Click here for information on St. Thomas AquinasRead more