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
The "quiet American" label Leo acquired in his first months as pope largely held as he listened broadly, managed methodically and allowed the character of his papacy to emerge in due time. [...]
President Trump sparked the war of words with a characteristically blustery social media post blasting Leo as “WEAK on Crime” and warning that Leo “should get his act together as Pope” because he was “hurting the Catholic Church.” [...]
Participants at a reflection morning heard that synodality is “the everyday posture of the whole People of God: listening, discerning, and responding to the realities of the world in the light of the Gospel”. [...]
He is this city's native son, a quintessential South Sider and a devoted White Sox fan with a penchant for pepperoni pizza. In Chicago's muscular vernacular, Pope Leo XIV is "Da Pope." [...]
The election of Robert Prevost OSA on May 8, 2025, has been so providential for our church and our wider society. This prayerful, gentle and thoughtful Augustinian, with his message of peace, from the very first moment of his pontificate, has brought healing and balm to our souls. [...]
