To schedule a funeral, first contact the funeral home of your choice. Second, please call our parish office at 940-686-2088. For assistance in funeral preparation, reading/hymn selection, or planning a luncheon, please contact our Funeral Coordinator, Nancy Dechaud, at 214-537-2490. A funeral Mass, burial service, or luncheon at Saint Thomas Aquinas cannot be scheduled without working with the parish's funeral coordinator and our office. If you would like to pre-plan a funeral, please contact the Funeral Coordinator.

Funeral Services:   

• Visitation:
  • Optional scripture and/or rosary service at the funeral home led by a Deacon or family member. This is the setting for eulogies.
•  Mass: 
  • Celebrated by our pastor, Fr. Jason Allan. Alternatively, a deacon may lead a liturgy of the word service. No donation is required for either.
  • Musicians are available for a fee to play the piano/guitar and sing. 
  • Volunteers from the parish are available for other ministries, such as readers, or family members may participate.
  • Ushers are provided by the Knights of Columbus. No donation is required.
  • Donations to the parish are customary for use of the church.
  • Funeral Masses are celebrated at 11 AM on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
    • In extraordinary cases, funerals may be held any time on those days between 10 AM and 3:00 PM or Saturdays at 11 AM, depending on priest and church availability.
    • Tuesdays, Sundays, Holy Days of Obligation, and Federal Holidays are not available.
•  Rite of Committal (Burial Service):
  • Usually celebrated at the parish cemetery immediately following the funeral Mass.
  • Other arrangements can be made if the interment is not at the parish cemetery.
•  Luncheon:
  • The Funeral Ministry is available to provide a luncheon in the parish center after the funeral Mass. Food or monetary donations are always welcome to help this ministry continue.

To obtain a plot in the parish cemetery or learn more about the cemetery, please call the office or contact the cemetery coordinator, Dennis Duesman, at 972-989-0814.

"All babies, no matter how small, deserve to have their lives honored by being laid to rest with dignity." The Little Souls at Rest ministry helps "provide burial resources following the loss of a baby up to 20 weeks of pregnancy." For more information, please visit their website.

https://www.littlesoulsatrest.com/