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Living & Sharing the Good News Learning, Parish Life See what’s happening here! Learn More Faith Formation Become a part of the story Read More Youth Ministry Leading Teens Closer to Christ Learn More Early Childhood Center Where Faith, Fun & Learning Begin Go to Website Mass Times : Sat 4:00pm, 6:00pm | Sun 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:30am & 5:00pm | Daily Mass : M-F 8:00am Office Hours : Sat M-F 9:00am – 4:00pm A WELCOME TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH Dear newcomers and visitors, Welcome to our parish! On behalf of Father George and the parish staff, may I say we’re blessed to have you and thank you for reading this message either in our parish bulletin, website, Facebook or Flocknotes. It’s our hope that you will find whatever information you need in one of these forms of the media. Our mission statement isLearning , Living and Sharing the Good News of the Gospel message,” and we hope this is evident in the many opportunities we provide for learning about our faith, living our faith as a volunteer with one of more of our many ministries and sharing our faith with others. Please know that we are here to help you grow in your faith, and may the good Lord bless all of us with the knowledge of His great love for us through His Son Jesus Christ Our Lord, and with the prayers of our Blessed Mother, may we also grow as a community of love and respect for one another. In His love, Father Eric NEW PASTOR FORMALLY ANNOUNCED! As you ’ ve probably heard by now, the next pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish will be Father Krzysztof Gazdowicz. I had the pleasure of getting to know him from my last parish because we were in the same deanery, and I feel confident that he will be a blessing to you just as you will be to him! As you know, the actual change of priests in our diocese takes place on July 1st, so there are still a couple months before he arrives, but in your charity, please keep Father Krzysztof (and poor old Father Eric) in your prayers! You ’ re just the greatest and thank you so much! In His love, Father Eric Saturday Confessions from 2:30 – 3:30pm Our Saturday Confessions will now be heard in the cry room of the church. This room is soundproof, so it offers sufficient space to ensure confidentiality. We will have two chairs placed in the room that will be spaced apart to comply with social distancing guidelines from the diocese. Simply line up along the back wall of the church wile waiting and please be sure to practice social distancing. Thank you. With all the cyber attacks out there, we though it would be a good idea to hear from our IT Specialist. Please take a moment to view this video. We need to warn you that the scam that has been used against the Church for the past few years is back again! Please do not fall for it! In this scam, someone who is claiming to be Father Eric is asking for money, supposedly for some good cause. But the person asking is not Father Eric but is a scam artist, and the money would not go to a good cause, but it would go into the pockets of the scam artist! Please know that no priest of the Diocese of St. Petersburg is ever allowed to make such personal requests for money, and please for your own sake, do not give them any! God bless you! Watch Sunday Mass LIVE on our Facebook Page Our 10:30am contemporary mass is now being livestreamed every Sunday morning. Join us on our Facebook page, click here ! The mass will also be recorded and posted below later the same afternoon before the 5pm mass. Can’t Wait for YOU to Join Us! Middle School Youth Ministry (6th – 8th) Meetings Wednesdays 5:15 – 6:30pm Beth DeBella and Cliff Stodden STA Youth Ministry Email: Stateens@stanpr.org (O)727-372-8600 x131 (C)727-809-2384 Ever wonder where God is now?… High School Youth Ministry (9th-12th) Sundays 5 pm LifeTeen Mass meeting afterwards Beth DeBella and Cliff Stodden STA Youth Ministry Email: Stateens@stanpr.org (C)727-809-2384 (O)727-372-8600 x131 Great News! Our Parish has joined Flock Note! This is a Diocesan Catholic communication tool, please text the word Super to 84576 to start receiving important email and text message updates. Thank you. Upcoming Events 24 June Vacation Bible School (VBS) June 24 - June 28 Register For a listing of our upcoming events, please visit our Events Page or check our online Calendar . Recorded Masses We will be live streaming a mass at 10:30am on Sundays on our Facebook page . 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Catholic Ministry Appeal For more than 20 years, the Annual Pastoral Appeal (APA), had supported all parts of our diocesan budget: administrative, business, leadership as well as ministry, programs and outreach. Last year, Bishop Parkes, diocesan leadership and a task force of experienced pastors studied how our parishes work together to support our local Church. They listened to feedback from pastors, parish staff and lay leaders from across the Diocese. After much prayer, consultation and review, the task force voted unanimously to retire APA, and start over, separating how different areas would be funded. It lessens the financial burden on parishes, allows 100% of donor contributions to go toward the ministries listed below, instead of administration costs, increases accountability and reduces confusion. We will continue to provide full transparency. Their innovative plan calls for: • the leadership of our local Church to be supported by parishes at a drastically reduced rate (from 18-19% to only 2%); • the administrative functions such as accounting and human resources to be funded through interest earnings on a responsibly invested trust; • and finally, the new plan invites our parishioners to participate in the new Catholic Ministry Appeal each year to fund what most consider to the traditional ministries and programs of our diocese. To begin the process...