ST THOMAS AQUINAS SPRINGWOOD
A community sharing the faith and love of God.
MASS TIMES
Mass Times
Weekday Masses: Monday - Saturday 9.30am
Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil Mass 5.00pm, Sunday 8.00am and Sunday 9.30am
Reconciliation: Saturday: After 9:30 am Mass and 4.00-5.00 pm before the Vigil Mass
Adoration: Monday - Saturday 8.15am FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH 5:30 pm
Healing Mass: First Friday of every month at 9.30 am
Baptisms: Every 2nd Sunday of the month, 11.00am - By Appointment
We acknowledge the Darug and Gundungarra people, the traditional custodians of this land and pay our respects to elders both past and present.
DIOCESAN NEWS
As pope, he has chosen the name Leo. This is the surest sign that he is a safe pair of hands acceptable to all sides in the ecclesiastical culture wars, while being committed to the vision of Pope Francis. He has taken the name after the great pope Leo XIII who wrote what Pope John Paul II called the ‘immortal document’: Rerum Novarum. At the end of the nineteenth century, Leo XIII was concerned about the rights of workers. (Read More)
“Look at all these people here, with so many different charisms, and we pray in different languages,” he said. “But we are all here to pray to God, to Jesus and to be united as Christians.” (Read More)
Fr. Alejandro Moral, Prior General of the Augustinians and a long-time friend of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, tells Vatican News that the new Pope "immediately spoke of justice and peace and of bridges between all, of synodality." (Read More)
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful and the world invoking peace and pledging to work for a united Church faithful to Jesus and to the Gospel. (Read More)
Across the Parramatta Diocese, Catholics are rejoicing that the conclave has elected a new Pope – Cardinal Prevost OSA to be the 267th Successor to Peter, as Pope Leo XIV. But none more so than our local Augustinian community. Fr David Austin OSA, Assistant Priest of St Clair, former Provincial of the Australian Augustinians and current Chaplain to the lay Augustinian movement “Friends of St Augustine”, considers the new pope “a personal friend” having worked with him over many years. (Read More)
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) has welcomed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Pope, now to be known by the name Leo XIV. (Read More)
LOCAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
ST THOMAS AQUINAS PRIMARY
Located in Springwood, St Thomas Aquinas is a co-educational Catholic school committed to providing a comprehensive education from Kindergarten to Year 6.
ST COLUMBA'S CATHOLIC COLLEGE
Located in Springwood, St Columba's serves the high-school aged children in the parishes of St Thomas Aquinas, Springwood and other surrounding parishes.
EVENTS
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Mass 8:00 am Bishop Vincent Visit 9:30 am Bishop Vincent Visit Oct 6 @ 9:30 am – 10:45 am We are honoured to have Bishop Vincent and Fr Peter Williams VG celebrate Mass at our parish to bless our new Cross and Sanctuary. Please join us by making Bishop Vincent and Fr Peter Williams… Sunday Mass 9:30 am | ||||||
| NO ADORATION & NO MASS NO ADORATION & NO MASS Oct 29 – Oct 30 all-day There will be NO Adoration and NO Mass on Tuesday 29 October and Wednesday 30th October. Mass 9:30 am |
CONTACT US
Parish Office:
168 Hawkesbury Road, Springwood NSW 2777
Postal address:
PO Box 4410, Winmalee NSW 2777
Phone: 02 4754 1052
Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm
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Refund Policy:
All payments made to the St Thomas Aquinas Springwood Parish are non-refundable.