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
Among the documents of the recent magisterium, few have been received with such open hostility as the motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, issued by Pope Francis in July 2021, on the memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. [...]
The recent SSPX schism spotlights a subtler struggle between Rome and American liturgical traditionalism, a movement small in numbers yet strategically influential, using new media, selective appeals to tradition and unresolved disputes over Vatican II to pressure the papacy. [...]
Three members of the Diocese of Parramatta have been honoured with prestigious Papal Awards in recognition of their outstanding service to the Church, while a further 14 people have received Diocesan Awards celebrating their generous contribution to the life and mission of the Church. [...]
Elijah the prophet reaches the mountain of God and enters a cave. Elijah is on the run; he is afraid for his life. Then he is told to go out and “stand on the mountain before the Lord”. [...]
