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
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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 Community Centre
Sunday: 6pm
Carmelite Monastery
Daily: 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.
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.
Pastoral Letter from The Most Reverence Timothy Costelloe, SDB DD
Apostolic Administrator
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PPC Post
The Parish of Bunbury experienced a faith filled and deeply moving Easter Triduum. The presence of His Excellency, Archbishop Charles Balvo, provided a next level experience of the Passion, Death and resurrection of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. The PPC extends its deepest gratitude to all those involved in ensuring that parishioners and visitors alike, were invited to walk with Jesus in such a personal and heartfelt way.
We look forward to meeting on 17 April to discuss parish matters and continue to work towards addressing the issues highlighted in the synodal process. The PPC is pleased to list a few of its achievements thus far; Elections held to form a PPC according to Diocesan Statutes; Representation from the Parish; Formalising the structure of meetings, groups and subcommittees; informing parishioners about the PPC and increase its profile. The PPC is still looking for someone to coordinate and lead the ‘Projection Ministry ‘to remove the need for hymn sheets (sustainability and care for the earth) and promote conscious and meaningful participation in Masses.
Are you that person? Contact us if you feel you are being called to serve in this way.
Yours in Friendship, Prayer and Service
Helen Brown—PPC Chairperson on behalf of the Bunbury Parish Pastoral Council
SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS
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
FAITH EDUCATION
Faith Education Corner
OUR EASTER CELEBRATIONS form the heart of our Christian living.
Our faith is deeply rooted and finds its real meaning in the resurrection of Jesus. St Paul says that, if Christ is not risen, then all our believing is in vain. Because of the resurrection, the disciples, who were fearful of being arrested as accomplices of Jesus, suddenly were able to boldly proclaim that Jesus, who died on the Cross, was alive and with them.
The Resurrection is not simply the resuscitation of the body of Jesus which died on the Cross. No one SAW the resurrection because there was nothing to SEE. The crucifixion is a historical event; the resurrection is a faith event. The Risen Jesus enters a completely new way of living. The gospel readings in this post-Resurrection time all show that Jesus is not recognised at first, but he is everywhere that his disciples happen to be.
When Mary Magdalen turned and saw Jesus she did not recognise him: he looked just like an ordinary person, any person. When he called her name, “Mary”, she immediately knew who it was. She wanted to cling to him, but she had to let him go. She was clinging to the “old” Jesus. The Risen Jesus is going into glory with the Father. He will return but in a very different way. From now on he will be found in all those who call themselves his disciples and who are united together as one Body – the Church and all its constituent local churches.
Mary had seen the Risen Lord. Evangelisation is not just the handing on of doctrines but the sharing with others our experience of having seen the Lord in our own lives and inviting them to have the same experience.
Read more at Living Space https://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/eabc011/
Compiled by Sr Christine Clarke PBVM
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