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| location               = Hawkesbury Road, ((NSWcity|Springwood)), [[New South Wales]]
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'''St Thomas Aquinas Church''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[church building]] located in [[Springwood, New South Wales]], Australia. The church shares its grounds with the St Thomas Aquinas Primary School.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.staspringwood.catholic.edu.au |title=Home page |work=St Thomas Aquinas Primary School |publisher=Catholic Schools, Parramatta Diocese |date=2023 |access-date=2 September 2023 ))</ref>

== History ==
Whilst no physical building stood then, the Catholic Church at Springwood dates back to 1839, when it was part of the [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]] parish. At this time, Mass was offered by Fr. Charles Sumner at the Springwood Inn owned by Thomas Boland, and later offered at the Boland family home. During the period from 1890 to 1907 the church became a part of the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]] parish, under the parish priest Fr. James McGough.<ref name="parra dio archive"/>

In 1892 the church was given a building of its own thanks to donations of land and money by the Boland family. This was the first church of St Thomas Aquinas (Springwood), and was located at what is now Rest Park, on Macquarie Road.<ref name=SHS>((cite web |url=https://www.bluemts.com.au/HistoricalSociety/history.htm |title=Brief History of Springwood |work=Blue mountains Information Site |publisher=Springwood Historical Society |date=n.d. |access-date=2 September 2023 ))</ref>

The church later relocated to Hawkesbury Road, to what is now the site of a retirement villa, Aquinas Court. In 1920 a primary school was opened in the old church building. In November 1981 the first stage of the new St Thomas Aquinas Primary School opened at its current site within the St Columba's grounds, Hawkesbury Road. In 1986 the church relocated again, this time to the former seminary, and current co-educational [[St Columba's Catholic College]] site.<ref name="parra dio archive">((cite web |url=http://www.parra.catholic.org.au/parlist3.htm |title=Springwood |work=Parishes |publisher=Diocese of Parramatta |date=n.d. |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050905171807/http://www.parra.catholic.org.au/parlist3.htm |archive-date=5 September 2005 ))</ref>

In February 1996, the current St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church opened within the grounds of the St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, on Hawkesbury Road, Springwood.

== Priests past and present ==
((unreferenced|section|date=September 2023))
*Fr. Charles Sumner
*Fr. James McGough
*Fr. James Sheridan
*Fr. P. C. Cregan
*Fr. Daniel Galvin (first resident priest)
*Fr. Thomas Leen
*Fr. Canavan
*Fr. Leslie Bagot 
*Fr. James O'Meara 
*Fr. Michael McGloin 
*Fr. Renato Paras
*Fr. Peter Connelly 
*Fr. Alan Layt
*Fr. Edward Tyler
*Fr. Paul Slyney

== St Thomas Aquinas Primary School ==
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In December 2006, St Thomas Aquinas Primary School celebrated its 85th anniversary with the unveiling of the old school bell following its relocation, a dress-up for the students, a [[barbecue]], and a bushdance.

The school opened in 1921 on the corner of Macquarie Road and Hawkesbury Road with 24 students. The school consisted of one building, the old church. At the time the school was staffed by Sisters Kevin and Catherine, and continued to be staffed by the [[Sisters of St Joseph]] until the late 1970s - early 1980s. In September 1939 a new school building was opened by Monsignor Phelan in the same location. In June 1962, with an enrolment of 187 students, an ]other school building was opened by Cardinal Gilroy. In 1969 a second storey was added to the 1939 building. In 1981–82 the school relocated to its current site on Hawkesbury Road.

The school serves the communities of [[Springwood, New South Wales|Springwood]], [[Faulconbridge, New South Wales|Faulconbridge]], Hawkesbury Heights, [[Valley Heights, New South Wales|Valley Heights]], [[Warrimoo, New South Wales|Warrimoo]], [[Winmalee, New South Wales|Winmalee]], and Yellow Rock.

The school's motto is: ''Love One Another''. The school principal is currently Marina Hardy.

==References==
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== External links==
*((official website|https://stachurchspringwood.org.au))

((Catholic Church in Australia))

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[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in New South Wales]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Sydney]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales)]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Australia]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta|Springwood]]
[[Category:1892 establishments in Australia]]

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