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Mass Times: Sat 4:00pm, 6:00pm | Sun 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:30am & 5:00pm | Daily Mass: M-F 8:00am

Office Hours: Sat M-F 9:00am – 4:00pm 

A WELCOME TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Dear newcomers and visitors,
Welcome to our parish!

On behalf of Father George and the parish staff, may I say we’re blessed to have you and thank you for reading this message either in our parish bulletin, website, Facebook or Flocknotes. It’s our hope that you will find whatever information you need in one of these forms of the media.

Our mission statement is “Learning, Living and Sharing the Good News of the Gospel message,” and we hope this is evident in the many opportunities we provide for learning about our faith, living our faith as a volunteer with one of more of our many ministries and sharing our faith with others.

Please know that we are here to help you grow in your faith, and may the good Lord bless all of us with the knowledge of His great love for us through His Son Jesus Christ Our Lord, and with the prayers of our Blessed Mother, may we also grow as a community of love and respect for one another.
In His love,
Father Eric

Saturday Confessions from 2:30 – 3:30pm

Our Saturday Confessions will now be heard in the cry room of the church. This room is soundproof, so it offers sufficient space to ensure confidentiality. We will have two chairs placed in the room that will be spaced apart to comply with social distancing guidelines from the diocese. Simply line up along the back wall of the church wile waiting and please be sure to practice social distancing. Thank you.

With all the cyber attacks out there, we though it would be a good idea to hear from our IT Specialist. Please take a moment to view this video.

Watch Sunday Mass LIVE on our Facebook Page

Our 10:30am contemporary mass is now being livestreamed every Sunday morning. Join us on our Facebook page, click here!
The mass will also be recorded and posted below later the same afternoon before the 5pm mass.

We need to warn you that the scam that has been used against the Church for the past few years is back again! Please do not fall for it! In this scam, someone who is claiming to be Father Eric is asking for money, supposedly for some good cause. But the person asking is not Father Eric but is a scam artist, and the money would not go to a good cause, but it would go into the pockets of the scam artist! Please know that no priest of the Diocese of St. Petersburg is ever allowed to make such personal requests for money, and please for your own sake, do not give them any! God bless you!

Can’t Wait for YOU to Join Us!

Middle School Youth Ministry (6th – 8th)
Meetings Wednesdays 5:15 – 6:30pm

 

Beth DeBella and Cliff Stodden
STA Youth Ministry
Email: Stateens@stanpr.org
(O)727-372-8600 x131 (C)727-809-2384
Ever wonder where God is now?…
High School Youth Ministry (9th-12th)

Sundays 5 pm LifeTeen Mass
meeting afterwards
Beth DeBella and Cliff Stodden
STA Youth Ministry
Email: Stateens@stanpr.org
(C)727-809-2384 (O)727-372-8600 x131

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Our Parish has joined Flock Note! This is a Diocesan Catholic communication tool, please text the word Super to 84576 to start receiving important email and text message updates.
Thank you.

Upcoming Events

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For a listing of our upcoming events, please visit our Events Page or check our online Calendar.

Recorded Masses

We will be live streaming a mass at 10:30am on Sundays on our Facebook page. We will also have it available below for viewing later Sunday afternoon before the 5pm mass.

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Catholic Ministry Appeal

For more than 20 years, the Annual Pastoral Appeal (APA), had supported all parts of our diocesan budget: administrative, business, leadership as well as ministry, programs and outreach. Last year, Bishop Parkes, diocesan leadership and a task force of experienced pastors studied how our parishes work together to support our local Church. They listened to feedback from pastors, parish staff and lay leaders from across the Diocese.

After much prayer, consultation and review, the task force voted unanimously to retire APA, and start over, separating how different areas would be funded. It lessens the financial burden on parishes, allows 100% of donor contributions to go toward the ministries listed below, instead of administration costs, increases accountability and reduces confusion. We will continue to provide full transparency.

Their innovative plan calls for:

•  the leadership of our local Church to be supported by parishes at a drastically reduced rate (from 18-19% to only 2%);
•  the administrative functions such as accounting and human resources to be funded through interest earnings on a responsibly invested trust;
•  and finally, the new plan invites our parishioners to participate in the new Catholic Ministry Appeal each year to fund what most consider to the traditional ministries and programs of our diocese.

To begin the process of transition from APA to a new Catholic Ministry Appeal, we asked those families that have faithfully supported APA to assist us in designing a new logo, to find out which of the ministries they would like to learn more about, and why they feel it’s important to support these larger diocesan ministries. More than 3,300 responded to the survey! Their input was greatly appreciated, and assisted us in creating a look, feel and focus for our ministry messaging. Click here to see the results of our survey.

We are now ready to launch. Our historical donors to APA have received a “first look” at our new materials crafted from their input in the survey. On December 31, 2021, the name “Annual Pastoral Appeal” or “APA” will be retired. And in January 2022, we will publicly roll-out a new appeal called the “Catholic Ministry Appeal” with a more focused case for support that does not include leadership or administrative expenses. Click here to see the ministries, programs and services included in our new Catholic Ministry Appeal.

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