*Special requests e.g. Extraordinary Rite Masses, Out of State parishioners and/or celebrants for a wedding will require coordination and a Letter of Good Standing through the Chancery prior to making a reservation with St. Thomas: https://www.catholicidaho.org/chanceryChrist instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life:1 they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life. (CCC 1210)
If you are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Baptism contact:Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word. - CCC 213
If you are interested in receiving the Sacraments of Reconciliation and 1st Holy Communion contact Carla Loucks, Faith Formation Director at 208-664-9259 ext. 4 or faithformation@stthomascda.org"Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion."
-CCC 422
The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord's own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist.-CCC 322
If you are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation contact contact Carla Loucks, Faith Formation Coordinator at 208-664-9259 ext. 4 or faithformation@stthomascda.orgThe essential rite of the sacrament follows. In the Latin rite, "the sacrament of Confirmation is conferred through the anointing with chrism on the forehead, which is done by the laying on of the hand, and through the words: 'Accipe signaculum doni Spiritus Sancti' [Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.]." - CCC 300
If you are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Matrimony please contact our Marriage Coordinator at marriage@stthomascda.org to get started. View Matrimony Forms HERE."The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament." - CCC 601
If you are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders contact:Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate. - CCC 536
If you need to receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick please contact the Parish Office or:"By the sacred anointing of the sick and the prayer of the priests the whole Church commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, that he may raise them up and save them. And indeed she exhorts them to contribute to the good of the People of God by freely uniting themselves to the Passion and death of Christ." - CCC 499