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

  • Parking Lot Update

    January 30, 2025 - 7:51am
    The parking lot project was slowed down due to the rain this week and will not be paved this week.  Please plan accordingly by leaving for church a little early this weekend and coming in through the entrance off Maricopa...
  • Happy Catholic Schools Week!

    January 26, 2025 - 6:00am
    Happy Catholic Schools Week!  This year we celebrate Catholic Schools Week from January 26th to February 1st. Catholic education is a pillar of evangelization for our communities and our world, forming young men and women...
  • Parking Lot Project Update

    January 24, 2025 - 9:39am
    The contractor has finished the first phase of the parking lot paving project.  The picture below was taken before the striping was completed.  The new part of the lot is now open and they have begun the second phase of the...
  • Day of Prayer for Unborn Children (January 22, 2025)

    January 22, 2025 - 6:00am
    Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children From the instant of his or her conception, God loves each human life. This life must be respected and protected, and we Catholics have affirmed the moral evil of abortion...
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Feast Day Pot Luck

    January 20, 2025 - 1:14pm
    Event: St. Thomas Aquinas Feast Day Pot Luck Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025 Details: Come and celebrate St. Thomas Aquinas' feast day at our parish with a pot luck beginning after the Spanish mass around 12:30 on Sunday 1/26 in...

Spiritual Reflections

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Feast Day

    January 28, 2025 - 6:00am
    Today we celebrate Saint Thomas Aquinas, the patron saint of our parish, a member of the Dominican Order , and one of the Doctors of the Church .  A philosopher and theologian he was born circa 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy...
  • Happy Catholic Schools Week!

    January 26, 2025 - 6:00am
    Happy Catholic Schools Week!  This year we celebrate Catholic Schools Week from January 26th to February 1st. Catholic education is a pillar of evangelization for our communities and our world, forming young men and women...
  • The Old World Defeated - Sunday, January 26th

    January 25, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Parish Note:  This weekend we will be celebrating the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas which is on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.  You can view the readings by click HERE . Sunday, January 26, 2025 | Third Sunday in Ordinary Time...
  • Day of Prayer for Unborn Children (January 22, 2025)

    January 22, 2025 - 6:00am
    Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children From the instant of his or her conception, God loves each human life. This life must be respected and protected, and we Catholics have affirmed the moral evil of abortion...
  • "They have no wine." - Sunday, January 19th

    January 18, 2025 - 2:00pm
    Sunday, January 19, 2025 | Second Sunday in Ordinary Time |  John 2 1-11 Friends, in today’s Gospel, we read about the wedding at Cana. Jesus’ mother is the first to speak, as John tells the story: “They have no wine.”...

Upcoming Events

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

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Vigin Mary

Holyday of Obligation
December 8, 2025 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, 2025 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