Saint Thomas the Apostle

Listen to Father Fred's homily

  On behalf of the Catholic community of St. Thomas the Apostle, I welcome you to our parish web site. We are a medium-sized, bilingual (English and Spanish) faith community who seek to be strengthened through the celebration of the sacraments, and most especially through the celebration of the Eucharist, in order to fulfill our vocation as ambassadors of Christ. We seek to:  grow in our relationship with God firstly through the celebration of the Eucharist, which is the summit and fountain of the life of the Church; we seek a greater knowledge of God through the faith formation programs offered to our members of all ages; we seek to serve those in need through our ministerial outreach efforts; we seek to support those dealing with loss in their lives through our compassionate presence and care; and we seek to celebrate our lives as members of the Body of Christ through various social activities. As pastor, the vision that I seek for our community can be described as follows:

The Church is a unique kind of community, the union of those baptized into Christ, formed by his Word - gathered around the table where we share Christ's Body in order to become his Body for the world. It is a community in which, as St. Paul states in his letter to the Galatians, there is no slave or master, no national or ethnic superiorities, no gender domination, no inequality that is significant except holiness; a community in which even distinctions of role and function are differences which must serve the unity of the whole. It is a community in which all vie for the lowest place, wash one another's feet, lift up rather than impose burdens, and dwell among their sisters and brothers as those who serve."[Sister Sandra Schneiders]
 
This vision is based upon Jesus’ example at the Last Supper when he washed the disciples’ feet as an act of humble service and then instructed them:

If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. [John 13:14-15]
 
We invite you to become a member of our community in order to help make this vision of community a greater reality in the lives of all the People of God.