{"id":42,"date":"2025-10-16T04:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kambah.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:02:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kambah.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our parish is alive! Join our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/?page_id=16\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"16\">Parish Groups<\/a>. Contact our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/?page_id=45\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"45\">Parish Team<\/a>. Contribute to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/?page_id=19\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19\">Planned Giving<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where are we?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">37 Boddington Cres, Kambah ACT 2902<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3253.002391556957!2d149.0511814121968!3d-35.38039667257199!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x6b17b5a2702913ff%3A0xfbd5b5cace1ddd14!2sSt%20Thomas%20the%20Apostle%20Catholic%20Church!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sau!4v1760869037473!5m2!1sen!2sau\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">Our School <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-502\" style=\"width: 150px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/logo_200px.png\" alt=\"School Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/logo_200px.png 200w, https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/logo_200px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Find out about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sttap.act.edu.au\/\">St Thomas the Apostle Primary School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mass Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; min-width: 300px;\">\n<h3>Weekends<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: 10px 2px; width: auto; border: none; margin-bottom: 10pt;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Sat<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">5:00pm<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Confession<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Sat<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">6:00pm<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Vigil Mass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Sun<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">8:30am<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Mass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Sun<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">10:00am<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: none;\">Mass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><script>\nd = new Date();\ndocument.write(\"<a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"https:\/\/universalis.com\/australia.canberra\/\");\nif (d.getDay() == 0) {\n    document.write(d.getFullYear().toString() + (d.getMonth() < 9 ? 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This is a Holy Day of Obligation in Australia, which means we are required to attend Mass for that Feast day. There &#8230;<\/p><span class=\"duration time\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">Sat 15 Aug @ 9:30 am<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"tribe-event-time\">10:30 am<\/span><\/span><span class=\"duration venue\"><em> at <\/em>St Thomas the Apostle Church<\/span><\/li><li class=\"ecs-event\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/?tribe_events=rcia-information-evening\" rel=\"bookmark\">RCIA Information Evening<\/a><\/h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260404_210322-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><p class=\"ecs-excerpt\">The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) program will begin in August. This is a faith formation course for non- Catholics seeking to become Catholic, for baptised Catholics who have not com&#8230;<\/p><span class=\"duration time\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">Thu 20 Aug @ 6:00 pm<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"tribe-event-time\">7:00 pm<\/span><\/span><span class=\"duration venue\"><em> at <\/em>Parish Centre<\/span><\/li><li class=\"ecs-event\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/?tribe_events=st-thomas-community-fete\" rel=\"bookmark\">St Thomas Community Fete<\/a><\/h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/images-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/images-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kambah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/images.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p class=\"ecs-excerpt\">The school and church community comes together to bring pleasure to all. 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