aint Thomas More School is a Catholic institution and young men of all faiths are accepted into our program.
A resident priest is always on hand to counsel students and assist them with their spiritual development. Mass is offered daily; attendance is optional. All Catholic students are expected to attend Sunday Mass.

We consider it a blessing that for nearly thirty years our students benefitted from the wise counsel and spiritual advice of the late Fr. Edward McGrath. His "fondest dream" was realized with the dedication of Our Lady's Chapel in September of 1998.

aint Thomas More was born in London on February 7, probably in 1477, but perhaps in 1478. He studied at Oxford University and began his legal career in 1494, and became an under-sheriff of London in 1510. By 1518 he had entered the service of King Henry VIII as royal councilor and ambassador. He was knighted and made under-treasurer in 1521, and was chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1525 to 1529.

He became lord chancellor after Cardinal Wolsey was dismissed late in 1529. At that time, Henry VIII was engaged in a bitter battle with the Roman Catholic Church. He wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn. More resigned his office because he could not support the king's policy against the pope. In April, 1534, More was imprisoned for refusing to swear to the Oath of Supremacy, the preamble to a law called the Act of Succession. The oath stated that Henry VIII ranked above all foreign rulers, including the pope. More was convicted of high treason on perjured (falsely sworn) evidence and was beheaded outside the Tower of London on July 6, 1535. Thomas More has since become an example of the individual who places conscience above the claims of secular authority. It was because of these strong beliefs and his martyrdom that the Catholic Church declared him a saint in 1935.

More's personality combined intense concern for the problems of his day and spiritual detachment from worldly affairs. He was a devoted family man, and lived a plain, simple, private life. He was famed for his merry wit. Yet to the people of his day, More was a contradictory figure - merriest when he seemed saddest and saddest when he appeared most happy. He was also a patron of the arts. His friends included the humanist Erasmus and the artist Hans Holbein.

More's sympathetic philosophy is best reflected in Utopia (written in Latin in 1516). Utopia is an account of an ideal society, with justice and equality for all citizens.