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
We would like to continue to remind everyone of some of the changes that have been introduced during the past two weeks in our minister’s movements during Holy Mass. These changes came about through series of parish consultations. Thank you to those parishioners who have already provided feedback. We will record your suggestions/concerns and attend to them once the trial period has concluded.
Changes prior to the commencement of Mass:
1. Promptly at the starting time the bells will ring.
2. Parishioners will stand (as previously done)
3. The commentator will welcome the faithful, encourage connection between those participating in the Mass and introduce the message in the readings of the day.
4. Parishioners will be encouraged to join in singing the gathering hymn.
To Liturgy of the Word
1. There will be 1 reader of the Word.
2. Psalmist may or may not sing the Responsorial Psalm. If the Psalm is spoken then it will commence with the response, i.e. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.
3. The Commentator will read the Universal Prayers (Prayer of the Faithful) at the conclusion of Mass.
4. Join the procession at the conclusion of Mass.
Changes to the movements of Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC) during Mass:
> The EMHC’s joining the procession.
> The EMHC’s approaching the Altar once the Priest-Celebrant consumes the Precious Body of Christ (They remain at their seats and kneel as part of the body of the Church).
> The Acolyte will distribute Communion in the body of the Church. An EMHC will distribute Holy Communion upstairs.
> Blessings will be offered verbally (There will be no Precious Body held in the fingers, or contact made).
> Once finished distribution of Holy Communion, EMHC’s will wash their hands to remove traces of the Precious Body.
> Those EMHC’s taking the Precious Body to the housebound will be invited to the Altar and blessed by the Priest-Celebrant after the Prayer After communion.
> EMHC’s will join the procession at the conclusion of Mass.
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
Season of Creation and 2 new saints
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Christians across the world marked Creation Day on Mon 1 Sept, the annual celebration of the mystery of Creation. Last Sunday Pope Leo XIV recalled that Pope Francis instituted the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, saying it is “now more urgent and important than ever.”
“Together with all Christians, we celebrate the Season of Creation until 4 October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi,” he said. “Let us praise God and renew our commitment not to spoil His gift, but to care for our common home.”
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized in Rome on 7 September. They led quite different lives, but were united in their love for Christ and their ability to impart that love to others. Pier Giorgio Frassati, an Italian, was a struggling student who excelled in mountain climbing. He had complete faith in God and persevered through college, dedicating himself to helping the poor and supporting church social teaching. He died at age 24 in 1925 from polio.
One of the things that most impressed a non-Christian person who was acquainted with Carlo was the witness of his love and concern for the poor - interacting with a homeless man who would sit at the entrance of the church, and taking dishes of food to people living on the streets. Carlo was a faithful friend, and was known for standing up for kids at school who got bullied, especially those with disabilities. He died at age 15 in 2006 from leukemia.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46048/who-was-carlo-acutis-a-cna-explainer
https://catholicweekly.com.au/blessed-pier-giorgio-frassati-and-legacy-after-death/
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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