The St. Thomas Aquinas Pastorate and the Aquin School of Religion are focused on providing faith formation for children, adults, and families in our pastorate. We take the responsibility to carry out the mission of the church very seriously by providing a quality program that works intimately with parents in fulfilling the baptismal promise to raise their children in the Catholic faith.
"Education in the faith by the parents should begin in the child's earliest years. This already happens when the family members help one another to grow in faith by the witness of Christian life in keeping with the Gospel. Family catechesis precedes, accompanies, and enriches other forms of instruction in the faith. Parents have the mission of teaching their children to pray and to discover their vocation as children of God. The parish is the Eucharistic community and the heart of the liturgical life of Christian families; it is a privileged place for the catechesis of children and parents." (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2226)