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 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...Parish Festival and Rummage Sale Signups
August 3, 2025 - 2:43pmRummage Sale Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help with the Parish Rummage Sale August 23-24, 2025. We will be sending out volunteer activity signups through Flocknote the week of August 4th. If you have not...Parish Festival September 5-7, 2025
July 23, 2025 - 9:28amWe are excited to announce that the Parish Festival will be held sooner this year than last year! The festival will run from Friday, September 5, 2025 through Sunday September 7, 2025. It will be the same type of festival as...
Spiritual Reflections
Stop playing the game - Sunday, August 31st
August 30, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, August 31, 2025 | Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 14:1, 7-14 Friends, our Gospel today is the famous passage from Luke’s Gospel dealing with honor at a banquet. Jesus has been invited to the home of a...St. Monica & St. Augustine, pray for us! (August 27-28th)
August 27, 2025 - 6:00amFeast of St. Monica & St. Augustine Born in the 4th century in North Africa to Christian parents, Monica's patience and kindness helped to bring her husband's family to faith in Christ. After many years of wandering in the places...What does it mean to "Turn the other cheek"?
August 25, 2025 - 2:00pmJesus confounded his followers with this new, radical message of non-violence. But are we called to just sit back and be passive in the face of evil? Why would Jesus ask us to "turn the other cheek"? Check out this quick video...Who will be in and who will be out? - Sunday, August 24th
August 23, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, August 24, 2025 | Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 13:22-30 Friends, our Gospel for today features a question that people have been asking from time immemorial and that they still ask today: “Lord, will...Clear the ground for something new - Sunday, August 17th
August 16, 2025 - 2:00pmSunday, August 17, 2025 | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Luke 12:49-53 Friends, the statement of Jesus that we have in the Gospel for today is frightening: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were...
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