Welcome
Greetings with the Love and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ
Permit me to share a little bit of myself. I was born in the city of Mumbai, India with a Goan heritage. I joined the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. France de Sales (MSFS) and upon completing my seminary studies, was ordained a priest on 4 May 1991. After a decade of appointments as assistant priest in a parish and a high school teacher, I was sent to the assist the diocese of Parramatta in 2000. Since then, I have been assigned to several parishes as an assistant, priest-in-charge, administrator and from June 15, 2023, as parish priest of St. Bernadette, Lalor Park.
I have been welcomed by this parish community and hoping to have a fruitful ministry here at St. Bernadette’s.
With peace and friendship in God’s mission
- Fr. Clifford D’souza, MSFS
Weekly Mass Times & Reconciliation
Weekday Masses
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday:
8:30am – Adoration9:15am – Mass
Wednesday:
6:30pm – Devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette. Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament
7:00pm – Mass
Weekend Masses
Saturday Vigil 5:30pm
Sunday 8:30am & 10:00am
Reconciliation
Saturday 9:45am – 10:15am, 5:00pm – 5:30pm
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 8:30am - 9:15am
Wednesday 6:30pm – 7:00pm
Diocesan News
"Fan into a flame the gifts given to you” - 2 Timothy 1:6 - Reflections on the 2025 Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) Annual Assembly [...]
Two extraordinary Family Day Care educators from Baulkham Hills Family Day Care (BHFDC), a long-standing service run by Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains, have been celebrated for their exceptional dedication to early childhood education in the 2025 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards. [...]
Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Rouse Hill, overflowed with joy on Sunday 7 September, as hundreds of faithful gathered to celebrate the canonisation of Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, the Church’s first millennial saint. [...]
Does God have a sense of humor? For sure! Without doubt! Jesus teaches that God is the author of all good things. Humor, playfulness, and healthy banter are good, healthy things. They can have their ultimate origin only in God. [...]
Last month’s National Assembly of Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), held at Parramatta, NSW, saw another large turnout, bringing together more than 140 leaders and leadership team members from religious congregations across Australia and beyond for three days of input, reflection, networking and prayer. [...]
