St. Thomas Aquinas Parish

Confessions – Saturdays of Advent
11:30am – St. Thomas Aquinas
4:30pm – St. Albert the Great

Advent Penance Liturgy – December 2nd & 9th 
Thursday, December 2nd, 7:00pm – St. Albert the Great (English)
Thursday, December 9th, 7:00pm – Our Lady of the Rosary (Bilingual)

Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Wednesday, December 8th
 8:15am – St. Albert the Great
12:15pm – St. Thomas Aquinas
7:00pm – Our Lady of the Rosary (Spanish)
8:00pm – St. Thomas Aquinas (Gregorian)

Our Lady of Guadalupe  
Sunday, December 12th
8:30am – Mañanitas (serenade) – Our Lady of the Rosary
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule

Advent Taize Prayer
Tuesday, December 14th
7:00pm – Our Lady of the Rosary
 

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.

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Christmas Eve
 Friday, December 24th
5:00pm Family Mass – Our Lady of the Rosary
5:00pm – St. Albert the Great
6:00pm – St. Thomas Aquinas (TMC)
7:00pm – Our Lady of the Rosary (Spanish)
12:00am Midnight Mass – St. Thomas Aquinas (Gregorian)
No Daily Masses

Christmas Day
 Saturday, December 25th
7:30am – St. Thomas Aquinas
10:30am – St. Albert the Great
11:00am – Our Lady of the Rosary
12:00 Noon – St. Thomas Aquinas (Gregorian)
No Saturday Vigil Mass

Feast of the Holy Family – Sunday, December 26th
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule

Solemnity of Mary (Vigil)
 Friday, December 31st
5:00pm St. Albert the Great (Bilingual)
First Vespers 8:00pm – St. Ann Chapel (Gregorian)
No Daily Masses

Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
 Saturday, January 1st, 2022
10:00am Our Lady of the Rosary (Bilingual)
12:00 Noon – St. Thomas Aquinas (Gregorian)
No Daily Masses

Epiphany
 January 2nd, 2022
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule

Baptism of Christ
 January 9th, 2022
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule

For more updates on coronavirus from the diocese of San Jose, see their website:
https://www.dsj.org/coronavirus/

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