On Nov. 3 from 3:00-4:00 PM in the St. Thomas Church parking lot, the Creation Care Team and the Youth Ministry of St. Thomas Parish will be collecting clothes and other items to donate to Mary’s Corner for distribution to children in need.

click on the news item to read the letter of appreciation for Tom Kane's service to the diocese

Tom Kane is leaving his post as Principal of St. Thomas School effective this Friday, October 30, 2020. We thank Tom for over 20 years of service to St. Thomas and wish him well in his future endeavors. We will miss him. Read his letter to the school and parish by Clicking on the news item.

Toiletry Drive this Tuesday Oct. 27 from 3pm-4pm in the church parking lot. We are collecting Toiletries for our annual Christmas Necessity Bags for seniors served at St. John /St. Ann’s Outreach Center in Albany. We are collecting individually wrapped toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, soap, razors, shaving cream and hand santizer. Thank you so much for your generosity!

We will try to post the coming weekend's bulletin to the website by noon on Wednesday. Note that it is not highlighted until Saturday morning.

Wow! We are on our way to filling 45 Christmas Necessity Bags with lots of household products and paper goods that will be so helpful to seniors on a fixed income. Next week we will add toiletry products to our gift bags! Special shout out to our wonderful greeters and sorters: Caitlyn & Ryan Teplitzky! Also thanks to Martha & Bob Keen who shared items from our St. Thomas Pantry and to all of YOU for your SUPPORT of our neighbors! Check out our pictures on Facebook. We have a new 4 legged friend who joined us too! 

Help keep the Hudson River and its tributaries clean for people and wildlife. Join the Capital Region Interfaith Creation Care Coalition (CRICCC) and Riverkeeper for a clean-up of Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet on October 17 or 18 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. It's the 9th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep day of service, and this activity is suitable for children ages 10 and above with adult supervision.

Anne Marie Couser, Director of Catholic Charities Community Maternity Services thanks all of you for your support of Life during these uncertain times. Your donation of wipes and diapers will assist parents on a tight budget care for their baby. May the Holy Family keep watch over you and those you love! Blessings!

Virtual Rosary for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary today at 3pm! . https://www.usccb.org/rosary-america

See what our YOUNG CHURCH has been up to by going to our Youth Ministry Page on our Website! Photo Albums of College Care packages, Food Drives, & work at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Troy!

Help keep the Hudson River and its tributaries clean for people and wildlife.  Join the Capital Region Interfaith Creation Care Coalition (CRICCC) and Riverkeeper for a clean-up of Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet on October 17 or 18 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. It's the 9th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep day of service, and this activity is suitable for children ages 10 and above with adult supervision.

Food Drive on Tuesday Oct. 6 from 3pm-4pm in the Church Parking lot is for Catholic Charities Maternity Services. Show your Respect for Life by supporting young parents and their babies by donating any size diaper and/or baby wipes. God Bless you!

Blessings to everyone who supported our last two drives for Pastoral Care. Yesterday we raised $385.00 in Gift Cards for our Meal Ministry! Special shout out to Maggie & Maeve Brymes for greeting and making fall crafts! Maura delivered our 16 Blessing Bags with added beautiful quilted placements from our Knitting, Quilting & Crocheting Ministry along with Holy Cards! Awesome teamwork! Together we are making a difference!

Respect Life - The Gospel of Life October 1, 2020 To all the members of the Church, the people of life and for life, I make this most urgent appeal, that together we may offer this world of ours new signs of hope, and work to ensure that justice and solidarity will increase and that a new culture of human life will be affirmed, for the building of an authentic civilization of truth and love. John Paul II, Evangelim Vitae paragraph 6