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
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday:
8:30am – Adoration9:15am – Mass
Tuesday:
6:30pm – Devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette. Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament
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
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat 8:30am - 9:15am
Tuesday 6:30pm – 7:00pm
Diocesan News
Every so often a diocesan document arrives that deserves a readership far beyond the diocese that produced it. Archbishop Shawn McKnight’s pastoral letter Renewal from the Heartland, given on 12 September 2026 to the convocation of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, is one of them. [...]
Trump’s midterm defeat raises an uncomfortable question: did Americans repudiate Trumpism or just high fuel prices, and what would it mean to truly “humanate,” to live by Christ’s selfless love? [...]
One of the oldest Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) groups in Western Sydney has marked its 55th anniversary with a Mass attended by past and present members and their friends, from all over Sydney and beyond. [...]
Pope Leo XIV affirms the positive impact that the Christian faith has on every culture, as faith invites believers to a fruitful integration of knowledge. [...]
Pope Leo XIV demands transparency on abuse, yet Canon 489 still requires bishops to destroy abuse case files, a contradiction the author argues the pope could end with a stroke of his pen. [...]
