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Welcome
Mission Statement:
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Palo Alto, CA is a Roman Catholic community of disciples working together for the glory of God and our spiritual growth in Jesus Christ. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we live and share the Gospel through worship, education and service.
Welcome to the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish website. We are three churches in one parish in Palo Alto, CA.
Our three church sites are:
Our Lady of the Rosary Church
3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto, CA 94306
St. Albert the Great Church
1095 Channing Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
751 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA 94301
Our office and Mailing address is:
St. Thomas Aquinas Pastoral Center
3290 MIddlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306
We are part of the Diocese of San Jose.
Click here for our regular Mass Times (Masses have been canceled by the diocese of San Jose
until further notice.)Dear Parishioners, join us for Mass every Sunday at 11 am.
All participants will be mute on entry. Please, do not unmute your mics to avoid background noise.
To donate online during the cancellation of Masses, please use the link to the right, Online Giving, or click https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=357
We encourage you to continue trying to keep Sunday as a Holiday. Try to prepare yourself for the Holiday of Obligation and even if you will watch the mass from home, make it special as if you were actually going to Church.
We pray for everyone’s needs. For an end to the Corona Virus. For the needs of our Parish.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://dsj.zoom.us/j/787405215 Meeting ID: 787 405 215
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ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH NEWS
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April 9On Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020), by invitation of the City and of the Duomo cathedral of Milan, Italian global music icon Andrea Bocelli will give a solo performance representing a message of love, healing and hope to Italy and the world. Watch live at 10am LA, 1pm NYC, 6pm UK, 7pm CET https://youtu.be/lI6nH5-_J3cRead More
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April 6Dear Parishioners, join us for Mass every Sunday at 11 am. All participants will be mute on entry. Please, do not unmute your mics to avoid background noise. We encourage you to continue trying to keep Sunday as a Holiday. Try to prepare yourself for the Holiday of Obligation and even if you will watch the mass from home, make it special as if you were actually going to Church. We pray for everyone’s needs. For an end to the Corona Virus. For the needs of our Parish. Estanislao Mikalonis is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://dsj.zoom.us/j/759166471Read More
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April 4Blessed Palms are available at all of our church sites. At STA, on the porch, at SAG on the covered side entrance near Clergy parking and across from the school and at OLR at the side entrance to the church between church and school. You may also pick up a Little White Book or The Word Among Us booklet (one per family, please). Either book starts next week.Read More
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April 1A letter from your pastor, Fr. Stasys: Dear Parishioners, I pray that you and your loved ones are doing good. We stay strong together in prayer. It’s amazing how beautiful we are. Thank you for all the prayers, initiatives, desires to stay in touch. Thank you for joining Mass, visiting the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, you financial support and so many other acts of kindness. Due to the Corona Virus pandemic, all communal reconciliation services have been cancelled. You might schedule individual confessions with the priests if you would like to do so. I loved how some families during yesterday’s Sunday mass followed the regular mass postures from home! I invite you to be engaged as you participate in mass. Make it special. Get dressed, don’t have your coffee with you, set yourself in your best prayer mode. I want to share with you a schedule of upcoming online activities for the parish. NOTE: For all meetings the Host will mute all participants. Please Do Not unmute yourselves until host indicates that it is time to share questions or reflections. El anfitrión de la reunión pondrá en silencio el micrófono de todos los participantes. Por favor no habilitar su micrófono hasta que el anfitrión lo indique/permita. Click the title for more details...Read More
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March 28Enclosed is a letter from Fr. Stasys explaining how to join our Sunday Mass on 3/29. Rather than use webex, this week we are using Zoom. It should be much easier to join in. Click on the title to see his letter and information about using Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting this Sunday, 3/29/20 at 11:00am for 5th Sunday of Lent Mass at: https://dsj.zoom.us/j/759166471Read More
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March 26As we all find ourselves navigating this unprecedented situation caused by the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, I hope each of you are taking care of yourself and your loved ones. Your health and safety, as well as the health and safety of our families, partners, and communities are a top priority... Click title for more...Read More
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March 25Council 2677 of the Knights of Columbus holds an annual fund raising drive for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities both at church sites and by mail solicitations. See photos and more inside.Read More
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March 25Maurice Igboerika is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Divine Mercy prayer with Fr Maurice Time: Mar 25, 2020 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9436026710 Meeting ID: 943 602 6710 Click on the title to see how to pray the Chaplet.Read More
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March 24Hello everyone, I hope you are all coping well and healthy. I have made available exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at SAG during all day. Please if you go out for a walk, need to pray, stop by and visit the Blessed Sacrament. Also praying the Rosary could be a great devotion when you go for your walks and such. Doors remain locked, so make sure you stay warm and dry. God bless you. Fr. Stasys, pastorRead More
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March 16Dear Parishioners, “Peace be with you.” I offer Jesus’ greeting to his disciples in these challenging times, and I say again, “Peace be with you.” I hope that we may all experience our Lord’s peace in our hearts... (click for full letter to parishioners.)Read More
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March 14Series of meeting and Masses canceled until further notice: Sunday & Daily Masses, Spirituality Tuesday, S.O.U.P., Taizé Prayer, St. Patrick's DinnerRead More
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March 14Note from our pastor, Fr. Stasys inside and... Live Stream Video Mass List: Diocese of San Jose – This Sunday, March 15, 2020 on Sunday at 10am in English with Bishop Cantú. 11am in Spanish with Bishop Cantú and 12noon in Vietnamese with Father Dinh through facebook. https://www.facebook.com/DioceseSanJose Holy Spirit Parish – Available through their website at https://holyspiritchurch.org/live-stream-mass/. During this suspension time Holy Spirit will be streaming at 9:30am every Sunday and then at 8:30am Monday through Friday. All in English. After the suspension the streaming video is offered on Sunday Masses. Our Lady of La Vang – Recorded Sunday Mass Video available through their website at https://dmlv.org/ Santa Teresa Parish – Online video of heir mass through their Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-GuccZ_KahpZq0478tUQg St. John Vianney Parish – Live Stream at 10:30am in English and 12noon in Spanish at https://venue.streamspot.com/c1b0b645. St. Lucy Parish – Live Stream on their facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SaintLucyParish/) on Sunday at 11am in English and 1pm in Spanish.Read More
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Jesus chose to reveal his divine majesty not through miracles or wondrous deeds but on the cross where God's love for humanity was manifested, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis put the spotlight on people profiteering during the pandemic and taking advantage of people in need.
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The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved for men.
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Vatican officials should “participate in the pain that so many families feel these days,” according to one of Pope Francis’s chief aides.
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Newark By This is one of a series of pastoral and personal reflections on living in this time of pandemic. It was written by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The disappointment of not being able to celebrate Easter Mass in churches across the country this year might be most...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has canceled the U.S. bishops' spring general assembly that was planned for June 10-12 in Detroit...
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National Catholic Register
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By Tito Edwards | Aquinas Anticipated Everything: Social Distance – Edward Feser, Ph.D. +1 Before & After: St. Catherine of Siena in Trumbull, Connecticut – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts...
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By Father Raymond J. de Souza | Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they...
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ONLINE GIVING
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish now offers Online Giving! Click the icon and go to the Online Giving registration site. Utilize the Internet for the good of our parish through this secure and convenient process. Track parish giving along with your finances by signing up today. Online giving can be effectively used on its own or in cooperation with regular offering envelopes. If you would like to receive envelope packets, but also want to give online, you have the option as well. For more information about receiving Sunday Offertory envelopes, contact Cathy Miller (650) 494-2496 ext. 24 or catherine.miller@dsj.org -
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LIVE STREAM VIDEOS, AND OTHER NEWS
Live Stream Video Mass List During the Coronaviris pandemic:
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish – Easter Sunday Mass - 4/12/20 11am
https://dsj.zoom.us/j/787405215
MORE ACTIVITIES THIS HOLY WEEK:
We will have palms blessed in this Mass and then they will be distributed at every Church and you may stop by to pick them up, at your convenience if you want.
- English Lent parish retreat, by Fr. Estanislao (Stasys).
Monday through Wednesday of the Holy Week, 7 pm. Join Zoom recurrent Meeting:
https://dsj.zoom.us/j/653971161
Session 1, Praying from the heart / Session 2, Jesus’ Passion. Our Passion / Session 3, Back to Life.
- Holy Thursday (4/9). Fr. Maurice. 7.30 pm. Bilingual Mass
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://dsj.zoom.us/j/366658092
- Good Friday (4/10), Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. Fr. Sev. 12pm
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://dsj.zoom.us/j/169474634
- Easter Vigil. Join Bishop Cantu for the Diocesan Easter Vigil. Saturday 4/11. Visit www.dsj.org to find out more.
- Easter Sunday Mass 4/12). Bilingual Mass with Fr. Estanislao and the Latin/Gregorian Choir. 11 am
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://dsj.zoom.us/j/787405215
For more updates on coronavirus from the diocese of San Jose, see their website:
https://www.dsj.org/coronavirus/
https://www.dsj.org/diocese-suspends-public-masses-3-13-2020/
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PARISH Calendar
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Sunday, April 12, 11:30 AMHigh School Ministry meets most Sundays in the Dermody Center behind Our Lady of the Rosary Church after 10:30 AM Mass at OLR. Contact Pierena Caligaris at pierina.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMWe have a wonderful group of close to 20 students attending our Confirmation Preparation Class this year. We are now meeting at the St. Albert the Great Center (SAG CENTER), Wednesday Evenings: 7:00-8:30PM Truly Blessed! Thank you from Carmel Caligaris, (650) 967-3807 or carmel.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Sunday, April 19, 11:30 AMHigh School Ministry meets most Sundays in the Dermody Center behind Our Lady of the Rosary Church after 10:30 AM Mass at OLR. Contact Pierena Caligaris at pierina.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Wednesday, April 22, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMWe have a wonderful group of close to 20 students attending our Confirmation Preparation Class this year. We are now meeting at the St. Albert the Great Center (SAG CENTER), Wednesday Evenings: 7:00-8:30PM Truly Blessed! Thank you from Carmel Caligaris, (650) 967-3807 or carmel.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Saturday, April 25, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMSaturday, February 22: Next Session Pastoral Garden Cleanup Our next work day is planned for the 4th Saturday in February, the 22th, from 9 to 11:00am (or however much time you can spare). We’re skipped December due to the holidays. Thanks to those who came on Saturday, November 23. Much good work was done. Please join us for donuts and goodies and whatever good work you will do. This is just behind the Pastoral Center at 3290 Middlefield Road. Easy parking; easy working.Read More
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Sunday, April 26, 11:30 AMHigh School Ministry meets most Sundays in the Dermody Center behind Our Lady of the Rosary Church after 10:30 AM Mass at OLR. Contact Pierena Caligaris at pierina.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Wednesday, April 29, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMWe have a wonderful group of close to 20 students attending our Confirmation Preparation Class this year. We are now meeting at the St. Albert the Great Center (SAG CENTER), Wednesday Evenings: 7:00-8:30PM Truly Blessed! Thank you from Carmel Caligaris, (650) 967-3807 or carmel.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Sunday, May 3, 11:30 AMHigh School Ministry meets most Sundays in the Dermody Center behind Our Lady of the Rosary Church after 10:30 AM Mass at OLR. Contact Pierena Caligaris at pierina.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Wednesday, May 6, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMWe have a wonderful group of close to 20 students attending our Confirmation Preparation Class this year. We are now meeting at the St. Albert the Great Center (SAG CENTER), Wednesday Evenings: 7:00-8:30PM Truly Blessed! Thank you from Carmel Caligaris, (650) 967-3807 or carmel.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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Sunday, May 10, 11:30 AMHigh School Ministry meets most Sundays in the Dermody Center behind Our Lady of the Rosary Church after 10:30 AM Mass at OLR. Contact Pierena Caligaris at pierina.caligaris@dsj.orgRead More
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