During the Season of Creation (September 1 through October 4), Catholics are called to a special focus on our place in creation and the need for us all to take actions to protect it. The Creation Care Ministry at STA seeks to integrate care for creation into the life and culture of our parish and [...]
STA COMMUNITY DAY Please sign up to volunteer for our 50/80 Year Anniversary Community Service Day on Saturday, September 14 from 9:00 am-Noon at the MLK Center at 40th and Illinois Street. We will be helping to restore their Peace Garden along Illinois Street. Bring gloves and tools for a fun day of work and [...]
Maisie McMahon – 8th grader William Sloane Coffin Jr. once stated, “Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps maybe the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.” Currently, the St. Thomas Parish is struggling greatly with the topic of diversity. In the next 50 years the [...]
Owen Morrical – 7th grader To think about what might happen in the future we have to look at the past. In the past 80 years, St. Thomas Aquinas has been a leader in many different areas. Two of those are social justice and care for creation. These two things and more are what attract [...]
Samantha Purdie – Winner in 5th - 6th grade The St. Thomas Parish has been around for 50 years, and in the past years has made prodigious and welcoming changes. Over the next 50 years, the neighborhood will change and so will the parish. It will grow in parishioners and programs in the services for [...]
