Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 401 Alderman Road in Charlottesville, VA 22903. It is one of 168 churches in Charlottesville.
St Thomas Aquinas is a Catholic Parish served by the Dominican Friars in bearing witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, celebrating the Sacraments, fostering spiritual and intellectual growth, and serving the students, faculty, staff and greater University of Virginia community.
401 Alderman Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22903Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8am · - &
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:15pm · - &
Phone: (434) 293-8081 · Website: http://www.stauva.org/
Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 297 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Virginia — 18,927 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
Ministries at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
- Knights of Columbus
- Frassati
- St. Vincent de Paul Society
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Latest from St. Thomas Aquinas Univ. Parish's YouTube channel: 13 September 2026 11:30 AM Mass - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (all videos).
The community around Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 46.4%
- Poverty Rate: 23.0% (10.9–35.1%)
- Unemployment: 9.6% (5.0–14.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Depression: 23.1%
- Food Insecurity: 15.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Charlottesville city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 1,028 residents.
Churches near Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
- Saint Mark Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Kingdom of God Charlottesville — 0.6 mi away
- University Chapel — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Paul Memorial Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
- InterVarsity at UVA — 0.8 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Elim Church, Charlottesville, VA — 0.8 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.9 mi away
- Access Church — 1 mi away
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- Church of the Holy Comforter — 2 mi away
- Church of the Incarnation — 3.2 mi away
- St. Anne's Episcopal Parish — 12.8 mi away in Scottsville, VA
- St George Catholic Church — 14.4 mi away in Scottsville, VA
- Saints Peter and Paul Church — 14.7 mi away in Palmyra, VA
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