About St. Thomas · Hamilton, Texas
St. Thomas Parish is a small Roman Catholic parish serving Hamilton, Texas, a rural town in the central Texas Hill Country and the seat of Hamilton County. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Austin and is a Roman-Rite community that celebrates Mass bilingually in English and Spanish to serve its mixed-language congregation. It is staffed as a mission-style cluster parish with the neighboring Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Gatesville, sharing clergy and resources to keep the faith active in this part of central Texas.
- Patron
- St. Thomas the Apostle
- Rector
- Rev. Timothy V. Vaverek, STD (served Hamilton with Our Lady of Lourdes, Gatesville)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Austin
Why belong here
St. Thomas offers a bilingual (English/Spanish) Saturday Vigil Mass and a midweek Wednesday Mass, with Confession before each, making it a welcoming spiritual home for Catholic families scattered across rural Hamilton County. Sharing pastoral ministry with nearby Our Lady of Lourdes in Gatesville, the parish keeps the Eucharist and the Sacraments accessible to a small, close-knit central Texas ranching community.
Mass times at St. Thomas
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Wednesday: 5:00 PM (after 4:30 PM Mass)
- Saturday: 4:30 PM (before Vigil Mass)
- Saturday: 5:00 PM or by appointment
St. Thomas Parish at a Glance
St. Thomas Parish is a small Roman Catholic parish in Hamilton, Texas, part of the Diocese of Austin. It shares pastoral ministry with nearby Our Lady of Lourdes in Gatesville, a cluster arrangement that allows the Eucharist and Sacraments to remain available across the rural central Texas region. The parish is bilingual, offering Mass in both English and Spanish.
- Diocese of Austin
- Roman-Latin Rite
- Cluster parish with Our Lady of Lourdes, Gatesville
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) liturgy
Parish Staff & Clergy
St. Thomas is served by Fr. Timothy V. Vaverek, STD, who is also pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Gatesville. Fr. Vaverek was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Austin in 1985, studied theology at the University of Dallas and in Rome (Gregorian University and the Angelicum), and holds a doctorate in Dogmatics focused on Ecclesiology, Apostolic Ministry, Newman, and Ecumenism. He is a published author and contributor to Catholic media, and has served in parish ministry for most of his career (with three years as a diocesan official).
- Rev. Timothy V. Vaverek, STD – Pastor (ordained 1985, Diocese of Austin)
- Diocesan priest since 1985
- Cluster pastor with Our Lady of Lourdes, Gatesville
Visiting Hamilton, Texas
Hamilton is the county seat of Hamilton County in central Texas, a small ranching and farming community in the Texas Hill Country. St. Thomas is located on North Nicholson Avenue. The parish has no dedicated website of its own; visitors should consult the Diocese of Austin Parish Finder or call the parish office for current information.
- Address: 843 N Nicholson Ave, Hamilton, TX 76531
- Phone: (254) 865-6724
- Diocese of Austin Parish Finder: austindiocese.org/parishfinder