Sisters of St Thomas Aquinas

What Sisters of St Thomas Aquinas does

The Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas (legally "The Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas") is a traditional Catholic religious congregation of women religious, organized according to pre-Vatican II standards and headquartered at 26331 Rosecrans Street, Brooksville, Florida. Founded in 2018, the congregation professes vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and operates under the titular patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas. Its stated mission is the preservation and propagation of the Catholic Faith, executed through a vita mixta (mixed life) that combines contemplative common prayer and the Divine Office with an active educational apostolate. The congregation explicitly rejects post-Vatican II doctrinal, disciplinary, and liturgical reforms.

The organization's principal commercial output is Catholic education, delivered through three schools: Queen of All Saints Academy in Brooksville, FL (which also offers online enrollment via qasonline.org), and affiliated schools in Modesto, CA, and Phoenix, AZ. Queen of All Saints Academy is structured as a wholly owned operating subsidiary under the "Queen of All Saints Academy" trade name. Beyond tuition, the congregation generates revenue from benefactor donations (including an active "Rebuild for the Future" capital campaign for larger convent and school facilities), and from a line of commemorative gold-plated 25mm chapel medals tied to the May 11, 2020 consecration of the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas by Bishop Selway. Side activities include Vox Angeli music recordings and merchandise sales.

The congregation's go-to-market motion is community-led and event-driven: it acquires new vocations through virtual Zoom vocation conferences, scheduled in-person multi-day vocation retreats (next: February 4-7, 2027), and a vocation inquiry form targeting women aged 16-30. Family-side enrollment flows through Facebook, Instagram, the website, and quarterly mail/email newsletters. The congregation has no disclosed technology products, APIs, mobile app, AI/ML capabilities, or external investors; it operates as an independent nonprofit under vows, with ownership limited to the community itself.

Name

Sisters of St Thomas Aquinas

Legal name

The Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas

Website

https://sistersofaquinas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas is a traditional Catholic religious congregation headquartered in Brooksville, Florida that runs three Catholic schools (FL, CA, AZ) plus online education, sustains itself through tuition and donations, and recruits new members via retreats and virtual vocation conferences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Traditional Catholic Education and Religious Formation

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJABAC

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Private & Independent K–12 Schools

SECONDARYEDAJADAA

Full-Time Virtual K–12 Schools (Statewide/Cyber Charters & District Programs)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Online & Virtual Schools

SECONDARYEDAJABAK

Single-Sex (Boys/Girls) Private Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Private & Independent K–12 Schools

Keywords

• Catholic education
• Religious vocation formation
• Traditional Catholic schools
• Faith formation programs
• Vocation discernment retreats

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooksville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The Congregation relies on donations from benefactors to fund convent building projects, school operations, and general operations. They conduct building campaigns and accept contributions through their donation platform.
2. Catholic School Tuition: The Sisters operate three Catholic schools (Queen of All Saints Academy in Brooksville FL, and schools in Modesto CA and Phoenix AZ) providing academic and spiritual education to students, generating revenue through tuition.
3. Merchandise Sales: Sale of commemorative chapel medals - gold-plated 25mm die-struck medals sold with 24-inch chains for purchase as memoirs of the chapel consecration.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Sisters operate traditional Catholic K-12 education through Queen of All Saints Academy (on-campus in Brooksville, FL and online) plus two additional schools in Modesto, CA and Phoenix, AZ. Complementing the academic apostolate, they run a vocation discernment program including in-person multi-day retreats and live virtual Zoom conferences for women aged 16-30 considering religious life, all supported by donations and tuition.

Product overview

The Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas offer a portfolio of Catholic educational and vocational discernment services. Their primary educational offering is Queen of All Saints Academy (QASA), a Catholic school providing both on-campus and online instruction, alongside two additional school operations in Modesto, California and Phoenix, Arizona. The Sisters provide vocation discernment programs including in-person retreats and virtual Zoom conferences. Their apostolate centers on Catholic education of youth to preserve and propagate the Faith. Additionally, they produce religious music content through their Vox Angeli recordings and sell commemorative chapel medals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Queen of All Saints Academy (QASA) Traditional Catholic K-12 school operated by the Sisters in Brooksville, Florida, providing both on-campus and online instruction for students, with a focus on academic education and Catholic spiritual formation grounded in pre-Vatican II doctrine.
• Catholic Schools (Modesto CA and Phoenix AZ) Two additional traditional Catholic schools operated by the Sisters, providing Catholic academic education and spiritual formation for youth in California and Arizona.
• In-Person Vocation Retreat Multi-day residential vocation retreat for women interested in discerning a religious vocation with the Sisters, offering direct experience of community life at the convent.
• Virtual Vocation Conference and Q&A Live Zoom-based virtual conference with question-and-answer sessions for women aged 16-30 who are discerning a vocation with the Sisters.
• Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas Medal Gold-plated die-struck 25mm commemorative medal of the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, sold with a 24-inch chain and jewelry box as a memoir of the chapel consecration.
• Vox Angeli Music Production Religious music production and recordings by the Sisters, including the Vox Angeli album, supporting the Congregation's apostolate of faith preservation.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Christendom College: Traditional Catholic institution providing Catholic education with pre-Vatican II orientation. Comparable as Catholic education provider serving traditionalist families; serves as downstream channel for K-12 graduates.
• Thomas Aquinas College: Catholic liberal arts college named after the Sisters' own patron. Comparable Catholic education organization serving traditionalist Catholics; downstream channel for K-12 graduates and aligned with the Sisters' Thomistic identity.
• Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) Schools: Larger traditionalist Catholic network operating schools and chapels internationally. Comparable as a traditionalist Catholic religious organization running K-12 schools with similar pre-Vatican II orientation serving overlapping donor/family segments.

Direct peers

• Seton Home Study School: Large Catholic homeschool/online K-12 program serving families nationally. Directly comparable to Queen of All Saints Academy Online as a remote-delivery Catholic education option for the same traditionalist Catholic family segment.
• Mother of Divine Grace School: Catholic distance-learning homeschool program serving Catholic families. Comparable online K-12 Catholic school model with academic and spiritual formation focus.
• Kolbe Academy & Kolbe Online: Catholic classical homeschool and online K-12 program. Closest comparable peer — same Catholic classical approach, online delivery model, and family-targeted enrollment competing for traditionalist Catholic families.
• Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist: Women's religious order running schools and Catholic education apostolate. Directly comparable as a religious congregation devoted to Catholic education of youth with active formation programs.

Emerging players

• New Saint Andrews College: Reformed/Protestant classical institution but comparable as a small classical-education alternative provider; representative of the broader small-classical-educator segment competing for religiously conservative families.
• Regina Coeli Academy: Smaller Catholic online classical school. Comparable as niche online Catholic school for homeschool families, though at smaller scale than the Sisters' online program.

Others

• Catholic Answers: Large Catholic apologetics and educational media organization. Indirectly comparable as Catholic education and formation provider — overlapping audience of traditionalist-leaning Catholic families, though operating in media rather than schools.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sistersofaquinas/?modal=admin_todo_tour
• Instagraminstagram.com/sistersofaquinas

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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