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
This weekend's PPC Post is written with a hopeful heart and is an attempt to prepare fellow parishioners for some changes that will be trialed to assist in preparing ourselves more consciously to celebrate the Eucharist together. We are addressing the second priority of the Parish Pastoral Plan under the Worship Pillar. These priorities were agreed upon after consultation with three parish data sources, synodal discernment, and the influence of the Holy Spirit. The introduction of a Mass commentator for all English speaking Masses, including the mass at St John of God, will, we hope, assist all present to enter into the theme of the Word of God each week and acknowledge that as the Body of Christ we are gathering together as one.
A trial period of twelve months will be undertaken and during that time we invite parishioners to pray about and reflect upon the following:
1. Considering the goal to make our Sunday worship more welcoming, does the role of the Commentator help achieve this?
2. Considering the goal to make our Sunday worship more joyful, does the role of the Commentator help to foster an inclusive, welcoming and joyful community?
3. Does the role of a Commentator help our community promote the centrality of the Eucharist?
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
Sunday Eucharist
The terms “Sunday” and “Eucharist” each carry a wealth of meaning that enriches the other. In biblical tradition Sunday is the first day, the day of creation, the day of light. For Christian believers it is the day of the Lord, the day of resurrection, the day of new creation, and the day of the Church.
“Sunday” and “Eucharist” thus combine to create the action we call Sunday Mass. While Mass is regularly celebrated on weekdays, Sunday Mass has a unique importance in the life of the Church.
Down through the centuries the meal celebrated in the Lord’s memory has attracted a variety of names. It has been called the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist, the sacrifice of the Mass, Holy Communion, or simply Mass (see the Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1328-1332 for a fuller list). Here the two most familiar terms, “Eucharist” and “Mass,” are used interchangeably. The word “Eucharist” itself has a dual reference. It can mean either the action of the Mass or the Body and Blood of Christ that we receive in Holy Communion.
The Bishops of the Second Vatican Council called the Mass the “fount and apex of the Christian life” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 21 November 1964, #11). Because they understood the supreme importance of the Eucharist, they encouraged everyone to participate as fully as possible.
‘… led to that fully conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy.
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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