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Last weekend was the official kickoff to the Capital Campaign for the Renovation of St. Thomas Aquinas Church. We have waited and prayed for this day […]

Celebrate the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist with Bishop Earl Fernandes and the Catholic Community of Muskingum County Mass in Honor of the Body […]

Thursday, May 25, 2023 “Real Presence, Real Future” This morning the decision regarding the future of the Catholic Community of Muskingum County was released. I am […]

Come Through Mary

Dear Friends,  Every elementary school child looks forward to those wonderful occasions called “field trips.”  I was no exception.  During those happy school days my classmates […]

any Catholics in the Diocese of Columbus have asked about the possibility of the distribution of the Precious Blood of Christ at Mass. In this first […]

By Ashley Tumlin Wallace|March 15th, 2023 In my hometown, Saint Patrick’s Day was a really big deal! We all wore green to school unless you forgot in […]

— by  Rev. Daniel Merz In the early Church and, to a lesser extent still today, there were two fasts. There was the “total fast” that preceded […]

Lent begins tomorrow with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday Masses at Saint Thomas Aquinas will be celebrated at 9 am and & 7 pm […]

“Let Us Give Thanks to the Lord our God”  Join Father Sullivan for Mass on Thursday, November 24th in the Parish Activity Center at 9 am, […]

On May 3, of this year, a very large hailstorm struck Zanesville.  A tremendous amount of damage was incurred by the storm to the rectory and […]

Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish is pleased to announce that two grants have been awarded to the parish for calendar year 2023. The first grant, in the […]

Please join us for All Souls Day Masses at 9 am and 7 pm on Wednesday, November 2 in the Saint Thomas Activity Center. 

Today’s celebration reminds us of several truths.  First, we are untied to one another through the gift of baptism even more powerfully that we are to one another by kin or affection.

Each year the Diocese of Columbus takes a count of all those parishioners who come to Mass during the month of October.

BISHOP EARL FERNANDES CARD SHOWER: Bishop Fernandes will be celebrating his 50th Birthday on September 21st. If you would like to send a card please mail […]

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Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day    This year is the 180th Anniversary of the Laying of the Cornerstone of Saint Thomas Aquinas Church.    The ceremony was […]

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Dear Friends,    I went to Lourdes for the first time at the conclusion of my second year in seminary.  In those days the foundation of the second year […]

22 July 2020  Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene    Dear Friends,     I am happy to announce Bishop Brennan has approved Phase 1 of the project to repair the roof of our beloved […]

Dear Friends,    This morning all Pastors and Administrators of our diocesan parishes received the following reminder from Monsignor Moloney, The Vicar General of the Diocese of Columbus, […]

Greetings to all in this very unique Summer! Since our return to public Mass, we have sung as we did before the pandemic (with the omission of some hymns, such as at Communion). This was a temporary move, and we remained open to fine-tuning it based on new information. We also remained committed to the use of hymns as a crucial way we embrace and proclaim the Gospel message in song. Now that we are learning more about how the virus spreads through the air (especially in crowds) and observing wise and charitable procedures in other places, we have discerned the need to make a change.