Beauty and the Eucharist

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church invites you to join us on December 2nd at 5:30pm, as we host Michael Raia.

Michael Raia is the president of Studio io Liturgical Design & Consultanting He leads a team of Catholic design professionals who are passionate about beauty and renewal through the sacred arts. After twelve years of managing various religious and institutional projects for a commercial architecture firm, he pursued a graduate degree in liturgy and attended the Liturgical Institute at the University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein Seminary) in Chicago. In 2018 he founded Studio io and has since been blessed to serve over 100 Catholic clients with design consulting, beautification, and construction planning projects around the country. 

His talk "Beauty and the Eucharist" will be over reinforcing Catholic belief of the true presence.

Following the 4:00pm Vigil Mass, both before and after the talk, we will have horderves and refreshments for all those attending. The talk will begin at 5:30pm in in St. Anne Hall.