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
Pope Leo XIV didn’t hesitate when asked to name his four favorite films. All speak of the same miracle: the decision to remain kind in an unkind world. [...]
We are then called to strengthen those signs of the times that conform to Christ’s teachings, and to transform those signs that oppose the Gospel. [...]
But because we hear the call to repent so often, we can let Advent pass by without giving it the serious attention we should. [...]
No matter what our troubles, no matter what the state of our world, we draw hope and sustenance from the ideal vision of Isaiah in today’s first reading. [...]
Six months after Pope Leo XIV’s election, it is clear that the long period when the Catholic Church was rooted in European culture ended with the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Francis and now Pope Leo have opened a new global, postmodern era. [...]
