BUNBURY CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL PARISH
Stewardship - A way of life!
Contact Details
The Parish Office is open weekdays
Monday - Friday 9am to 3pm
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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
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Cathedral
Weekdays: 7am
​Saturday: 8am and 6pm Vigil
​Sunday: 8am, 10am and 6pm
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Reconciliation: Saturday's 5:00pm to 5:40pm or book an appointment by ringing the parish office (97212141)
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Dalyellup
Dalyellup Catholic Community Sunday Mass is now held at St John of God Bunbury Hospital
Sunday: 10am
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Carmelite Monastery
Mon-Sat: 9am
Sunday Mass: 8:30am
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Dardanup-Boyanup
Wednesday: 9am
Saturday: 6pm Vigil
1st Sat of Month: 9am
Sunday: 9am
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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.
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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.
2025 JUBILEE PRAYER
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Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel. May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth, when, with the powers of evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us,
Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our
Redeemer throughout the earth. To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever. Amen.
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P P C P O S T
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by Helen Brown, Chairperson - Parish Pastoral Council
SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS
A fruitful PPC meeting was held on Wednesday evening. We welcomed Simon Jones as Bunbury Catholic Colleges representative to our ranks and we look forward to working with him going forward.
The next phase of the Parish Pastoral Planning process was presented to the council. Leaders of the stewardship pillars met with Father Pierre to formulate actions to bring to fruition our priorities. We look forward to presenting these to the community in the coming weeks.
We congratulate Father Pierre on his appointment as Vicar General and ask for God’s blessings on his work.
The PPC congratulates all those who were confirmed by Bishop George at the 6pm and 10am Masses last weekend. The Holy Spirit was moving in and through those present, encouraging, strengthening and enlivening.
Believe it or not, members of the PPC have been serving in leadership for two years. I thank each one for their dedication and willingness to share their giftedness in the service of others. Each has been asked to indicate whether they would like to continue in this role for another two years. If someone should decide to step down, this will trigger an election. Please keep the PPC in your prayers as they discern.
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.
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Doreen Wijekoon bunburysgo1@gmail.com
Pauline Harling bunburysgo2@gmail.com
Alexis Woolhead
Ruth Dunne bunburysgo4@gmail.com
Kath Fenton
Helenmary Sykes
FAITH EDUCATION
by Sr. Christine Clarke, PBVM
Jubilee of Families, Children,
Grandparents and the Elderly
Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said recently, during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly.
He encouraged parents to “be examples of integrity to their children, acting as you want them to act … seeing the good in them and finding ways to nurture it”.
He invited children to show gratitude to their parents, to say, ‘thank you’ each day for the gift of life.
He asked grandparents and elderly people to “watch over your loved ones with wisdom and compassion.”
His homily focused on “The Prayer of Jesus” in the day’s Gospel reading (John 17:20-26). Jesus prays to the Father for his disciples … to be in union with the Father.
“God loves us with an infinite love,” Pope Leo said. “God has always desired to draw all people to himself… His life, bestowed upon us in Christ, makes us one, uniting us with one another,” he said, connecting the Gospel reflection to the Jubilee of families.
Jesus’ prayer “makes fully meaningful our experience of love for one another as parents, grandparents, sons and daughters,” he said. “We are here to be ‘one’ as the Lord wants us to be ‘one’ in our families and in those places where we live, work and study. Different, yet one; many, yet one; always, in every situation and at every stage of life,” Pope Leo said… “as a sign of peace for everyone”
Introducing, Luce, the official mascot of the 2025 Jubilee Year. Luce means ‘light’ in Italian; also from Latin derivate of ‘lux’ which also means light.
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