BUNBURY CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL PARISH
Stewardship - A way of life!
Contact Details
The Parish Office is open weekdays
Monday - Friday 9am to 3pm
Phone: (08) 9721 2141
Fax: (08) 9791 3257
E-mail: parishadmin1@bunburycatholic.org.au
Physical Address: 11 Money Street, Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230
Postal Address: P.O. Box 2005, Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231
Mass Times
Cathedral
Weekdays: 7am
Saturday: 8am and 6pm Vigil
Sunday: 8am, 10am and 6pm
Reconciliation: Saturday's 5:00pm to 5:40pm or book an appointment by ringing the parish office (97212141)
Dalyellup
Dalyellup Catholic Community Sunday Mass is now held at St John of God Bunbury Hospital
Sunday: 10am
Carmelite Monastery
Mon-Sat: 9am
Sunday Mass: 8:30am
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Our Mission
Our Mission is to continue growing as a community where people can meet Jesus Christ and grow in his life and mission in the Catholic Faith.
The spirituality our parish mission is expressed best in the parish prayer of St Therese of Avila.
Christ has no body on earth but yours;
no hands but yours;
no feet but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he is to look out-
Christ's compassion to the world.
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good.
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless others now.
OUR VISION
To be a Parish that is open and transparent, nurturing, united and inclusive.
To be a community that is welcoming, embracing and caring for families, youth and valuing cultural diversity.
To be a Parish that brings those who do not know Christ into relationship with him.
PPC POST
by Helen Brown, PPC Chairperson
FAITH EDUCATION
by Sr. Christine Clarke, PBVM
SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS
As September comes to a close, so too does the Season of Creation. This year, the Season of Creation invited us to reflect on the theme "Living Water" reminding us of the precious gift of life that God provides through creation. We recognise that creation is an ongoing gift from God, calling us to care for and protect the world around us. As Christians around the world, we share the responsibility to care for creation. We give thanks for the opportunity to care for our common home and all living things that share it with us.
We encourage all parishioners to reflect on their personal care for our common home and make a commitment to changing at least one aspect of their daily lives to supporting initiatives that will care for creation. The Earth is God’s gift to us. The way we care for it today helps shape the world we lead for tomorrow. Be the change you wish to see in our world. If nothing changes… nothing changes.
Members of Parish Pastoral Councils from across the Bunbury Diocese gathered online for a workshop, “Synodality for Parish Pastoral Councils,” led by Father Tony Chiera and Aaron Faure. The workshop offered a valuable opportunity to learn more about synodality and our call, as the People of God, to walk together, listen to one another, and respond to the needs of our world through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Participants also took part in a Conversation in the Spirit centred on the question: “What has the Holy Spirit moved in you this evening?” Through prayerful reflection, deep listening, and respectful sharing, we were able to discern the movement of the Spirit within ourselves, among one another, and throughout our community.
Feel free to talk to any of these officers about any queries/concerns that you may have about the safeguarding of children or the vulnerable in our parish.
Doreen Wijekoon bunburysgo1@gmail.com
Pauline Harling bunburysgo2@gmail.com
Alexis Woolhead
Ruth Dunne bunburysgo4@gmail.com
Kath Fenton
Helenmary Sykes
Year of Saint Francis of Assisi
Early this year Pope Leo proclaimed a special Jubilee year of St Francis on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the saint’s death. The life of this Poor Man of Assisi carries an invitation to simplify prayer by deepening it, rather than multiplying it; to live the Gospel rather than merely talking about it.
Spending time in prayer led Francis to a self-emptying like that of Christ. On seeing the cross in the neglected chapel of San Damiano, Francis heard Jesus tell him, “Go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down.” He saw a deeper meaning to “build up my house” and took up preaching the gospel. Francis was torn between a life devoted entirely to prayer and a life of active preaching of the Good News. He did preach but always returned to solitude when he could. He wanted to be a missionary in Syria or in Africa but was prevented by shipwreck and illness in both cases. Two years before his death he received the stigmata, the real and painful wounds of Christ in his hands, feet and side.
Pope Leo said St Francis’ message of peace was needed now more than ever, and his life points to the authentic source of peace. ‘Peace with God, peace among human beings, and with creation are inseparable dimensions of a single call to universal reconciliation.’ In 1979 Saint Francis of Assisi was named patron of ecology – he recognised creation as another manifestation of the beauty of God.
Read more at https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-francis-of-assisi/
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