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.
A Call to Serve as Synodal Conversation Facilitators
The Parish Pastoral Council invites parishioners to consider serving as facilitators for our
upcoming Synodal Assembly Conversations. This is a ministry of listening and
accompaniment, helping our parish walk together and discern the movement of the Holy
Spirit among us. A training session will be held, and all resources will be provided by the
Diocesan Synodal Team.
Facilitators do not need to provide answers or steer outcomes. Instead, create a prayerful
and respectful space where all voices can be heard, with openness to silence, reflection, and
shared discernment. This pastoral role supports communion, participation, and mission
within our parish.
Facilitators will ideally demonstrate:
• Deep, non-judgemental listening
• Comfort with prayer, silence, and discernment
• Gentle communication and group-guiding skills
• Pastoral sensitivity and emotional maturity
• Respect for Catholic identity and synodal dialogue
Please prayerfully consider this invitation to serve our parish at this important moment in
our shared journey.
A gentle reminder: When Holy Communion is offered under both kinds, the preferred way
to receive the Precious Blood is by taking the chalice and drinking from it. Intinction is
not the preferred practice, as it increases the risk of the Precious Blood being mishandled
and not accorded proper reverence. We thank parishioners for receiving Holy Communion
prayerfully and respectfully, and for helping us honour the Eucharist with great care.
(Helen Brown, Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson)
FAITH EDUCATION
by Sr. Christine Clarke, PBVM
250 years of the Presentation Sisters
This year is being marked by various gatherings and celebrations to recognise the founding of the Presentation Sisters in Ireland in 1775. The Order was begun by Nano Nagle to provide education for Catholic children.
Nano Nagle was born in County Cork around 1718 and educated in France. She came to live in Cork in the 1750s and was shocked by the deprivation and poverty that she encountered. In a bid to help the poor of Cork, she opened her very first school - in secret - with about 30 students. She gradually increased the number of schools and employed
women to teach, while she attended all the schools to give Religious Education lessons.
In 1775 Nano Nagle began the Presentation Order, to ensure the work would continue. She died from tuberculosis just nine years later, at the age of 64. She has been honoured for her work in female education, and in 2013 was declared venerable by Pope Francis, recognising that she lived a life "heroic in virtue."
Today, Nano Nagle Place in Cork city is a popular museum commemorating her life and
work. The complex of historic buildings includes the convent built by Nano for the Ursuline Order in 1771, conserved artefacts and historically accurate rooms to explore including ‘Miss Nagle’s Parlour.’
Nano’s grave is also in the sisters’ cemetery there.
The Presentation Sisters provided Catholic Education in the Bunbury Diocese in Collie,
Brunswick Junction, Mandurah and Boyup Brook.
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
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