Shaping Our Identity: The St. Thomas More Branding Project
Help us unify the parish, school and ministries under a shared visual vision.
The Vision
Why a new brand?
For decades, Saint Thomas More has been a vibrant, faith-filled cornerstone of our community. However, as we have grown, our visual identity has become fragmented. Our parish school, parish office, and various ministries, all use different logos, fonts, and styles.
Our goal with this project is to create a single, unified brand that brings all of our ministries together.
Rooted In Our Patron
Most importantly, we wanted our new look to be deeply connected to our namesake, St. Thomas More. The new design elements pay tribute to his legacy of faith, integrity, intellect, and courage, while presenting a warm, modern invitation to anyone who encounters our parish.
View the Design Concepts
Concept 1: The Iconic Outline
This design bridges traditional faith and modern style by transforming the recognizable silhouette of our patron's classic icon into a clean, minimalist line-art outline.
What it represents: It captures the intellect, dignity, and courage of St. Thomas More in a bold, instantly recognizable way—focusing on the timeless strength of our patron without any unnecessary clutter.
How it unifies us: Because of its clean simplicity, this logo is incredibly versatile. It scales beautifully across our entire community, looking just as professional on a parish letterhead as it does on a school t-shirt.
Concept 2: The Church Silhouette
This concept is inspired by our physical home, featuring a clean, minimalist outline of our beautiful church building and its iconic steeple reaching toward the heavens.
What it represents: The steeple represents a beacon of hope and a visible sign of God’s presence in our neighborhood. This design celebrates our parish home as a sacred place of gathering, worship, and community.
How it unifies us: The silhouette of our church building serves as a shared home for all of us. This recognizable landmark easily translates across all ministries, instantly connecting our school families, parish committees, and local community back to the heart of Saint Thomas More.
We Want Your Feedback
Because this brand represents our entire parish community, your perspective is incredibly valuable to us.
We invite you to share your thoughts, impressions, and constructive feedback through our brief survey. To help us keep our timeline on track, please submit your feed back by Sunday, August 9th.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Once we review the community's feedback and make final adjustments, we plan to roll out the new branding in Early Fall 2026.
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No one will have to change their names! We will be slowly moving everyone to this branding, but all in good time. We want to simply update the logos, colors, fonts so that when someone sees a flyers from the school, the parish, or another ministry, they instantly recognize it as part of the St. Thomas More community.
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We are partnering with Defy Designs, a local Kansas City based graphic who understands our parish’s unique history and Catholic identity.