Contacts
General Enquiries
Contact UsAddress: 3117 W. 4th Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401. Tel: (601) 264-5192 Fax: 601 264 0834 Email: church@stthomas-usm.org | ![]() |
Priests
Fr. Mark RopelTel : 601-264-5192 Email : ropesolt@yahoo.com I grew up in Orange County, California. My parents are Joe and Mary Jean Ropel and I have a younger sister Linda Theodore. I graduated from Santa Clara University in 1984 and after completing ROTC at Santa Clara, served in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I received my Master’s in Theology Degree from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. Desiring to give back, I taught high school religion at St. John’s High School in Gulfport,MS. I discerned religious life during this time and entered the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT). I studied at the Angelicum in Rome. I was ordained a priest on February 9, 2002, by Bishop Carmody in Corpus Christi, Texas. I have served on troubled youth ranches in Clark Wyoming, and was Pastor and Team Leader for 6 Priests, 4 sisters and 30 volunteers on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. I discerned a move to the Diocese of Biloxi, and was incardinated on August 28, 2013. I was named the Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas by Bishop Morin in November 2013 and began on January 15, 2014. I am excited to be here and look forward to taking the next step as an individual and parish with Our Lord. | ![]() |
Fr. James SmithTel: 601-264-5192
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Deacon Ralph TorelliTel: 601-310-0104 | ![]() |
Deacon Sean FinkPhone: 601-467-2433 Email: sfink@biloxidiocese.org | ![]() |
Parish Team
Cathy EnglertSecretary. Tel: 601-264-5192 Bulletin Coordinator. Email: stthomasbulletin@gmail.com | ![]() |
Kim McCloskeyChurch Administrator. Tel: 601-264-5192 | ![]() |
Renee LichtenhanCCD Director. Tel: 601.329.6075 Classes: Sunday 9am – 10am | ![]() |
Martha AbadieCampus Minister for the CSA Tel: 601.450.2520 Email: usmcatholic@gmail.com CSA Website: https://www.csausm.org | ![]() |
Kathy SchimelVolunteer Coordinator St. Thomas Prayer Line Phone: 601-270-4741 Email: kathyschimel@gmail.com | ![]() |
Mary EnglertWebsite Coordinator Email: stac.usm.web@gmail.com | ![]() |
Shar DrennanSocial Media Coordinator https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-Thomas-Aquinas-Catholic-Church/184997814860690 | ![]() |
Brandon DearmonChoir Director Email: |