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 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...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...
Spiritual Reflections
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...Family Faith Activities for October
October 6, 2025 - 10:46amFaith in the Everyday It's always in the practice of loving that we can get better and better. Here are a few simple ways you and your family can practice putting your love in action this month. Little habits for little prayers...God vs. Science
October 6, 2025 - 10:31amConsidering everything that is observable and quantifiable by today's science-- where is there room for God? With a little help from Einstein and Joseph Ratzinger (who would later become Pope Benedict XVI) Bishop Barron shares...
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