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Is Brain Death Truly Death? 

What Everyone Should Know about Organ Transplants

7:00 p.m.  Aquinas Hall, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church

A presentation based on clinical experience by Dr. Paul Byrne, M.D.

~ Is brain death a valid criterion for organ donation?

~ Are there financial conflicts of interest in declaring “brain death” for organ transplants?

~ Are patients declared “brain dead” truly deceased?

~ Why was the federal government investigating organ transplant organizations for ethical lapses?

~ Should one be an organ donor or participate in organ transplants?

Sponsored by the Carolina Pro-Life Action Network (C-PLAN), a program of the Carolina Family Coalition.

Please join other parish families in praying the annual Novena to the Holy Face of Jesus!

Starts on Sunday, February 8, and ends on Shrove Tuesday, February 16

Come to Daily Mass on Shrove Tuesday, February 17 at either 8:30 a.m. or 12:15 p.m. to venerate the parish's relic image of the Holy Face!

Dorotheos of Gaza was a shrewd observer and a master psychologist. He had a prodigious capacity for assimilating in an organized harmony the wisdom of his precedessors in the life of the Spirit. 

Reflection followed by discussion, led by Fr. Dcn. Matthew Hanes

Wednesday starting on February 25.

Meets in Aquinas Hall, and starts each evening at 6:30 p.m.

Please Note:     

You are welcome to come to any of the meditations.  Read along, or just show up. It is not necessary to order the book unless you'd like to.

All parishioners are welcome & encouraged to attend this year's Lenten Adoration Series!

Each night includes Eucharistic Adoration and a Lenten reflection!

~ Tue, March 3:  Fr. Brian Becker

~ Tue, March 10:  Fr. Matthew Dimock

~ Tue, March 17:  Gregory DiPippo

6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Church!

Please join us for this four-part series this Lent on the Cardinal Virtues, led by Fr. Murrey.  

Each evening begins with a reflection, followed by the Stations of the Cross!  

7:00 p.m. each night!

~ Fri. Feb. 20 ~ Prudence

~ Fri. Feb. 27 ~ Justice

~ Fri. Mar. 20 ~ Fortitude

~ Fri. Mar. 27 ~ Temperance

We are looking for parishioners who can help donate a meal to feed our hungry Catholic Campus Ministry students here at St. Thomas!

We are blessed to be able to welcome back Fr. Chad Ripperger, SMD, a priest and exorcist with the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother, who will preach our Lenten Parish Mission.

Please Note: This is not two talks, but a mission. There are specific graces the Church attaches to parish missions for the lay faithful. We highly encourage you to attend both nights of the mission, as well as one of Fr. Ripperger's closing homilies at the morning Masses on Sunday, March 8th. 

Please Register Early: We need you to register to attend this parish mission, to ensure we have enough space, due to how well-known Fr. Ripperger is.

Traditional Carmelite Lenten Enrollment – The Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel invite the faithful to enroll their family and friends in this annual Lenten Enrollment. 

The Hermits will offer the following for the benefit of those enrolled: 

~ 40 Masses celebrated according to the Carmelite Rite;

~ 40 days of prayer according to the Divine Office, as well as other daily prayers; and 40 days of fasting and penance.

Intentions can be for the living or deceased. There is no charge for enrollment, but the Discalced Hermits survive entirely on alms received from the laity..  

Deadline to enroll is Tuesday February 17, the day before Ash Wednesday.

Book Announcement: Meditations on the Litany of Humility – Local publisher Sensus Fidelium Press has released an enriching new book on the Litany of Humility according to the writings of the saints. 

Meditations on the Litany of Humility: From the Examples of the Saints unpacks this important litany through the examples and words of the saints themselves who practiced this foundational virtue. Sensus Fidelium Press and Sensus Fidelium, are run by local parishioner, Steve Cunningham. To order your copy, click the button below.

The Considerations on the Passion of Jesus Christ is a collection of meditations prepared by St. Alphonsus that shows the intimate connection between the Incarnation and the Passion of Jesus Christ.

Among the many illuminating teachings contained in this book are the following: 

~ How the great value of the Blood of Jesus Christ shows the great evil of our sins

~ How freely Jesus Christ embraced the Cross to save our souls

~ How precious God regards the soul of every man

~ How the human nature of Jesus Christ was especially prepared to suffer for us

~ How cruel was the scourging that Pilate believed it alone would satisfy the Jews

This Lent, let St. Alphonsus Liguori, a Saint transfigured by prayer and the love of God, be your teacher.

Catholic Health Care Ethics Conference – Health care professionals are invited to the ninth annual Converging

Roads Healthcare Ethics Conference 

March 21, 2026 from 8:00 am - 5:45 pm at The Cathedral of St.Saint

Patrick in Charlotte, NC. 

This one-day conference will explore the theme of Medicine and the Dignified Mission to Heal and offers continuing education for health care professionals rooted in the Hippocratic and Catholic ethical tradition. 

Come help make bagged lunches for the poor!

4th Mondays at 11 a.m. from September - April.

Donations needed:  Bread, peanut butter, jelly, carrots, apples, oranges, cookies, crackers, candy, or any snack, lunchmeat, cheese, napkins, paper bags, sandwich bags, plastic gloves, plastic tablecloths

Donations can be cropped off on the 4th Mondays.

All ages welcome!  No need to stay if you cannot!

The STA Respect Life Ministry would like to invite the parish family to our next prayer vigil at the Latrobe abortion facility. 

Please refer to the FSJ Life Defenders webpage for additional resources including common prayers, code of conduct, and a parental consent form. 

Every 3rd Sunday, come after the 9:30 a.m. Mass for Donuts & Dogma over in the Catholic Campus Ministry Lounge.

Have a question?  Scan the qr code to ask!

- Cada tercer sábado a las 6 am

- Oraciones de reparación a nuestro Señor Jesucristo por los pecados de 

blasfemia, ateísmo e inobservancia de los domingos y días festivos.

Join other parishioners sharing the Gospel!  Questions?  Reach out!

We meet every 3rd Thursday in the narthex at St. Thomas at 6:30 p.m.

- Every Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. in the Church.

- Prayers of reparation to our Lord Jesus Christ for the sins of 

blasphemy, atheism, and failing to keep  Sundays and Holy Days

Starting in September, our Men's Group meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.

Our first meeting back will be in two weeks on September 13th in Aquinas Hall from 8:30 to 10am.

Fr. Codd will be coming to share with us!

Support Young Men in discerning their vocation to the Religious Life, the Priesthood, or Marriage!

Please help our young women to discern the call the consecrated life!

Orden de iniciacion cristiana de adultos (O.I.C.A)

Las clases son gratuitas y serán en el Centro Parroquial, en el segundo piso en OCR A y B.

El horario es de 6:30-8:30 pm.   

Please stop by or contact the parish office to sign up and to donate for 

• Altar Bread & Wine,
• Main Altar Flowers
• Main Altar Tabernacle Candle
• Holy Family Flowers
• Adoration Chapel Flowers
• Adoration Chapel Altar Candles

Steve from Sensus Fidelium has graciously offered to STA parishioners access to the Sensus Fidelium app, which has tons of amazing content about the Faith!  Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!

Learn to pray the Divine Office that St. Padre Pio and countless Saints prayed!

Only available on on iPhone/iPad at this time!

🔔 Angelus Bell is a simple Chrome Extension (It may work on other Chromium-based browsers as well). designed to help you pause and pray The Angelus — reviving a time-honored Christian tradition centered on daily meditation on the mystery of the Incarnation.

🙏 About The Angelus

The Angelus is a brief prayer, traditionally offered three times a day: morning, noon, and evening. These sacred pauses are a meditation on the Word made flesh — Jesus Christ — inviting reflection and renewal in the midst of ordinary life. This extension offers a simple way to restore that rhythm in our modern, digital age.

Pilgrimage to Italy with 

Fr. Matthew Dimock!

Start planning now for April 2026!

Experience the Grace of Fatima in your Home.  For decades, this statue has journeyed across the globe, visiting homes and parishes to bring the message of Fatima to those who may never be able to make a pilgrimage themselves. Here in our parish, the Legion of Mary lovingly facilitates these home visitations.  Invite the Pilgrim Virgin into your home. Receive the grace of Fatima and join millions of pilgrims across the world who have been touched by her presence.