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 pope will touch down in Algeria on April 13 to kick off a four-nation tour of the African continent. One of his first stops will be a daylong visit to Annaba, the site of ancient Hippo. [...]
In an unprecedented joint interview, the three U.S. cardinals forcefully echoed Pope Leo XIV's calls for peace and repeated his, and their own, distress about the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies. [...]
Every priest is called to make his own the words from the Letter to the Ephesians, where it says: "Pray for me, that when I open my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, the right words may be given me." [...]
The Diocese of Parramatta’s Honours Committee is once again inviting everyone to recognise the selfless service of those who build up the Church, with nominations now open for the Papal, Civil and Diocesan Awards. [...]
But the exchange that followed matters more than the accusation. Confronted with criticism from Trump, Leo did not retreat. He made his position explicit: he was not afraid to speak, because his task was to proclaim the gospel. [...]
