St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the church on October 9, 2011. Joe and Glenn (2 weeks old) and me moved to Monterey Park in July of 1955. The land where the church now stands was a horse stable. The beginning of the church was in an empty machine shop which was at the end of my street. We would sit on folding chairs and brought our own cushion to kneel on as the floor was made of very hard cement. I am one of the founding members. We have come a long way from the machine shop days.
The altar looked really beautiful and I think that this pictures don’t really do it justice.
We didn’t get to the cake in time to take a picture before it was cut.
Connie Ortega—-one of the founding members.
Sheila, Chris, Connie,Rosemary, Al
Denise
Father Cavanaugh was one of our Pastors
There was a very good turnout for the event.
At the very left of this picture is Tony Frumento, on the right (with the sunglasses) is his son and grandson.
Maria Hunt Dolores Sunda
Lots of dancers, including Father John