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St. Thomas More
Diocese of Raleigh · Chapel Hill, North Carolina

St. Thomas More

Updated Jul 17 · 18 services this week
This Week

Blood Drive

Please visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: STM to schedule an appointment. Maximize your blood donation. Help more patients. If you are an eligible type O, B - or A - donor, consider making a Power Red donation. Red blood cells are the most commonly transfused blood component.

WED · AUG 5 · 12:00 PM
Weekly Schedule

This week at the parish

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Jul 22 – Jul 28
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Bulletin · upcoming

Around the parish

Tuesdays · 7:00 PM
Taller para Identificar Señales de Consumo de Alcohol y Drogas
¿Le preocupa que un familiar o ser querido pueda estar enfrentando problemas con el alcohol y las drogas? ¿No sabe cómo ayudar cuando la persona rechaza el apoyo o no reconoce que tiene un problema? La información, la comprensión y el apoyo pueden marar la diferencia.
Salon Santa Teresa
Wed · Aug 5 · 12:00 PM
Blood Drive
Please visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: STM to schedule an appointment. Maximize your blood donation. Help more patients. If you are an eligible type O, B - or A - donor, consider making a Power Red donation. Red blood cells are the most commonly transfused blood component.
St Thomas More Church -Friends and Family Hall
Wed · Aug 5 · 12:00 PM
Blood Drive (Spanish)
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La Iglesia Católica de St. Thomas More Salon de Amigos y Familia (Friends & Family Hall)
Aug 28 – 29, 2026
3rd Annual Women's Retreat: The Garden of Your Heart
Join us for The Garden of Your Heart, a retreat designed to help women encounter Christ in the midst of their stories and discover the beauty He is cultivating within them. Through prayer, reflection, inspiring presentations, workshops, and fellowship, we will journey through three biblical gardens that reveal God's work in every heart.
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh, NC
Sundays · 9:25 AM
Elementary Youth Ministry
GRADES/ grados PreK-5 Session 1: 9:25AM - 10:40AM Session 2: 11:00AM - 12:15PM
Sundays · 6:00 PM
High School Youth Ministry
GRADES/ grados 9-12 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Sundays · 6:00 PM
Middle School Youth Ministry
ministerio de juvenil GRADES/ grados 6-8 6:00PM - 7:15PM
Sun · Sep 20
Youth Ministry Sunday Meeting
fechas para las clases de catecismo
Names lifted up at the altar

Mass Intentions

  • † Anna Peereboom by Kees PeereboomSat Jul 4 · deceased
  • For the PeopleSat Jul 4 · special
  • † John K. Conlon by Peter & Evelyn PanosSun Jul 5 · deceased
  • † Jack O'Shea by the Boccieri-Einaudi familySun Jul 5 · deceased
  • † Louis Jenny by the Boccieri-Einaudi familySun Jul 5 · deceased
  • † Santiago Juarez by Margarito PatiñoSun Jul 5 · deceased
Pastoral MessageJuly 11, 2026

The Greatness of the Human Person in the Face of the Promises of AI

The risk of the technocratic paradigm Efficiency → Profit → △ guides decisions Al A accelerates the problem • Person ⟶△ reduced to performance Artificial Intelligence What it does • Processes data Recognises patterns • Is fast and powerful What it does NOT do △ Has no consciousness ⚠ Does not love, does not suffer "To disarm AI does not mean rejecting technology, but preventing it from dominating humanity." MH IIO "The quality of a civilization is measured not by the power of its means, but by the care it is able to offer." MH Π4 The myths of transhumanism • Humans as something to be optimised, 'enhanced' • Removing limitations • Transcending humanity • Human-machine fusion The true human being: • Relationship • Vulnerability • Care • Love A limitation is not a flaw: it is what makes us human "For an algorithm, an error is a flaw to be corrected; for a person, however, it can be a catalyst for profound change." MH 128 Al should make life more human, not more efficient.

Held in prayer

Prayer list

In Loving Memory

Lynn Caldwell, friend of Patricia Robbins Jamezetta Bedford, wife of Ed Bedford (Scout Troop 820) Naomi Rita Aguado, daughter of Juan Aguado & Maria Luisa Betty Ann Rogers, friend of Mary Ellen McGuire Ernesto Villanueva, father of Edna Kirkman Patricia Cota, mother of Carla Cota Louis Galgano, father in law of Jessica Galgano Ethan Long, father of Leanna Long Jeff Hathaway, husband of Jane Hathaway Ann Banes

In Our Prayers

PARISHIONERS | FELIGRESES Nicolás García Ariza Rita Blazevic Katrina Branecky Karen Brown Joan Bursey Carlos Casapia Debbie Chacos Elizabeth Corredor Freddie Coward Joe Daley Sandy Daquila Jack Denton William Doyle Sr. David Drogos Aimee Dumdumaya Angel Dumdumaya Jeanette Duty Kitty & John Felten Linwood L. Hadnot Mary Beth Hall Santiago Ibarra Kenneth Indyk Bill lackson Anne Kilpatrick Danny Kumar Mara Laburt Jim Larkin Alice Lefebvre Patricia Leigh Ryder Lipson Carmen Teresa Lugo Duyen Thi Bui Mai Jack Marcheschi Angelo Marrone Carole Marrs Rosa Martinez Louise McCaskill-Baker Doty Michienzi Rose Mileo-Hawkins Carolyn Moffett Carmen Alvarez Morales Benji Paulakonis Laura Perez Francis Philippu Lourdes Phocas Dave Reynolds Carole Robinson Peggy Rogers The Rowland Family Susan Sadd Alejandra Soldano Jose Sosa Lucia Stadter Carilyn Strayhall Patricia Stokes Spencer Tilley Chris Travers Deacon Bob Trov Rosemary Williams Alex Wright FAMILY AND FRIENDS | FAMILIA Y AMIGOS Michael MacDonell, friend of Olivia Gilbert Katie Dennison, friend of Kate Enchelmeyer Peter Tylenda, brother of Patty Schubert Terri Tiomo, friend of Rose Mileo-Hawkins Daranee Teapthong, sister of Dominic Teapthong Bill O'Neal, brother of Anna O'Neal Roman Del Corro, brother of Debbie Del Corro El Chayeb Bill Spiegel by Jane Hathaway

Staff & Clergy

Who serves here

Very Rev. Rafael León, ICL, VF
Pastor | Párroco
Rev. Patrick Haggerty
Parochial Vicar | Vicario parroquial
Deacon Bob Troy
Deacon | Diácono
Deacon Stephen Yates
Deacon | Diácono
Will Kwan
Interim Music Ministry Coordinator | Coordinador del Ministerio de Música
Pavelid Castañeda
Hispanic Choir Director | Directora de Música Hispana
Barbara Reynolds
Celebration Singers Choir Director
Olivia Gilbert
Youth Choir Director | Directora del Coro de Jóvenes
Molly Jenkins
Communications Coordinator | Coordinadora de Comunicaciones
Tania Juarez
Reception & Scheduling Coordinator | Coordinadora de Recepción y Calendario
Willie Romero
Maintenance Director | Director de Mantenimiento
Osely Velazquez
Sacraments & Celebrations Coordinator | Coordinadora de los Sacramentos y Celebraciones
Jennifer Bartnik
Office & Facilities Director | Directora de Servicios de Oficina y Instalaciones
BethAnn Good
Membership & Engagement Coordinator | Coordinadora de Participación y Membresía
Celeen Lawrence
Safe Environment Training Coordinator | Coordinadora de Ambiente Seguro
Antonio Cordova
Adult Ministry Director | Director de Ministerio para Adultos
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