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
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday:
8:30am – Adoration9:15am – Mass
Tuesday:
6:30pm – Devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette. Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament
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
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat 8:30am - 9:15am
Tuesday 6:30pm – 7:00pm
Diocesan News
As artificial intelligence continues to widen the world of possibilities at breakneck speed, prompting Pope Leo XIV to issue caution with its use, it occurs to me that AI lacks something that is distinctively human: death. [...]
Across the Diocese, several parishes will mark Red November with special Masses, inviting the faithful to pray for those whose freedom to practice their religion is threatened. Bishop Vincent will celebrate Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, on 25 November at 7pm. [...]
Some people try very hard to equate the word ‘peace’ with the naïve ‘flower children’ of the 1960s; to paint it as impractical, implausible, the stuff that fuzzyheaded intellectuals and 'woke' radicals are made of. [...]
Caritas Australia has welcomed five new Diocesan Directors in 2026, strengthening its nationwide network of local Catholic leaders who help bring the Church's mission of compassion, justice and solidarity to life in communities across Australia. [...]
Read together, Magnifica Humanitas and Dilexit Nos suggest AI’s future depends not on regulation alone but on the conversion of the heart, the one human depth no machine can automate. [...]
