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
Our hope is not attached to results and successes of temporal nature. It is rooted in the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Today’s liturgy reminds us that nothing in this world, not even human frailty and sinfulness, can derail God’s plan. [...]
For the third Sunday in a row, we hear Jesus’ parables about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew Chapter 13. This Sunday we hear the two briefest parables: the labourer in the field who discovers a hidden treasure, and the pearl merchant who finds a pearl of great price. [...]
Thiel argued that the pope’s calls to regulate artificial intelligence will slow United States tech growth and give China an advantage in the global AI race. [...]
Held as part of Refugee Week, the competition invited students to respond creatively through various creative pieces to share messages of hope and belonging for refugees and people seeking asylum. [...]
Pope Francis repeatedly insisted that “every war is a defeat.” For Francis, war is “a senseless and inconclusive venture” because “no one emerges a winner.” This distressing statement sounds so true for those who have lived through the unfortunate experience of war or a tragic conflict of some sort. [...]
