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 question for us is: What did we learn about Pope Leo last week? What didn't we know, or thought was likely, and is now confirmed? [...]
It’s not easy to be sincere, given the baffling complexities of our minds and hearts. It’s hard to dig beneath it all to touch who we really are. [...]
Thus far, Leo has played his cards close to the vest on many hotly debated topics. [...]
The moment I step beyond those automatic doors and into the wards, something shifts inside me. The antiseptic smell, the quiet hum of machines, the soft-soled footsteps of nurses on linoleum - it all signals a kind of crossing over. This is not the ordinary world. [...]
To mark the 10th anniversary of his episcopacy there is much to celebrate: a decade of courageous leadership, Franciscan humility, pastoral renewal, and a commitment to building a synodal Church where everyone is welcomed, heard and has a place. [...]
