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STAYouth and Young Adult Mission Statement

We, the parish staff and parishioners of St. Thomas Aquinas, seek to provide our youth and young adults a safe and secure environment in which all are welcome to explore and to deepen their Catholic faith in God as Three-in-One (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) through our parish community in its fullness, each other, and with all whom they come into contact each and every day.

STAYouth Ministry (Middle School 6-8 & High School 9-12)

(scroll to view highlights of upcoming youth and young adult happenings; see Events Calendar link on left border for full & complete details, plus each of our ministries has its own page with links on left border.)

NEW STAYouth Ministry group on Facebook.  All STAYouth and friends of STAY encouraged to join.

Gilroy Garlic Festival - Sunday, July 27 - Tahoe 2009 Fundraiser.  5-hour shifts needed at our lemonade booth between 9:30am and 7:00pm.  Service Hours available.  Free admission, parking, lemonade to all volunteers.  Sign up ASAP with Rob Manfrey, youth minister.

Poolapalooza - Saturday, August 2 @ St. Lawrence Parish in Santa Clara.  11:00am – 8:00pm.  Each participating parish supplies its lunch and contributes to the BBQ dinner.  Bring modest swimwear, towel, and permission slip.

2008-09 STAY Registration Form & color-coded Calendar now available via the HS & MS pages of the STAY web site.  Registration forms also available in hard-copy yellow at our church vestibules or at our Pastoral Center on Middlefield.  Officially, STAYouth kicks off the new academic year with the first of four youth-centered masses on September 7, 2008; 7:00pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Church.

STAYoung Adult Ministry (college-age, 20s-30s)

We welcome home Jason Schembri from World Youth Day in Australia and Rob Manfrey from the diocesan Fort Apache: Native American immersion.  Please reserve August 20 as a follow-up Summer Speaker Series date, featuring a young adult panel presentation about this Immersion experience and World Youth Day.

The tradition of young adult "Summer of Fun" continues - www.summeroffun.org

• Sat, July 19, Shakespeare in the Park in Cupertino
• Sat, Juy 27, Berkeley Kite Festival

Monthly Young Adult Mass – Tues 7/29 – 7:30pm at St. Nicholas School in Los Altos (theIntersection Teen Chapel).  Presider is Fr. Carl from the Catholic Community at Stanford.  Join us for a more intimate liturgy of personal introductions, young adult music/choir, dialogue homily, and community-building after mass.

Mass and a Movie – Sat 8/2.  Join the Young Adults of Palo Alto for 5pm mass at St. Albert the Great, then see the new blockbuster “Dark Knight” (Batman).  See the film for the first time with faith friends or again on the big screen.  Discussion/food to follow movie.

See the Young Adult page of this web site about our exciting Deanery 2 "Young Adult Circle", serving the Catholic young adults of Palo Alto, Stanford, Mountain View, and Los Altos. www.youngadultcircle.org  Register online to receive our weekly e-newsletter for the latest and greatest info.  Watch for exciting Summer of Fun events and our Summer Speaker Series.