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)
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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
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PPC Post
The PPC extends its congratulations and deepest appreciation for Father Victor Lobo who celebrated his 25th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Priesthood on 25 April. As a community we will celebrate this momentous milestone at the10am Mass on Sunday 29 April and gather for a morning tea afterwards. Please show your support for our newest priest, Fr Victor; come along and say hello.
Students from St Mary’s and St Joseph’s have begun preparation for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation at Pentecost. Please keep them, their families and teachers in your prayers at this time of learning, reflection and growth.
The Bunbury PPC endeavours to make decisions by consensus. As a member of the PPC, each person remembers that he/she is part of a group of people representative of the whole parish. We believe that;
· Each person’s point of view is valid and therefore holds value in arriving at a decision.
· Decisions are based on prayer, communication and openness – the Spirit works through the group.
· With the welfare of the parish community at heart, we work towards achieving parish goals.
· The Spirit may be speaking through the minority, and we are open in heart and mind to accept this.
· The PPC prays for the strength to graciously accept the decision reached through consensus, supporting the wisdom of the group.
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
GOD'S LOVE FOR US
Last week’s reading from the First Letter of John dwelt upon God’s love for us. Today’s second reading insists that the love we have received from God must flow through us to become a truly active loving in our own lives. If we are at all concerned that we have not fulfilled God’s commandments, all we need do is see if we are fulfilling the commandment of love.
The reading ends with a recollection of the Johannine theme of divine indwelling: to live a life of active love is to be conscious, through the experience of the Spirit, that God has made a home within us and that we too are 'at home’ with God.
For the whole Easter season the second reading has been from the First Letter of John. It doesn’t really read like a letter – there is no greeting, such as in Paul’s letters.
It seems to be about a dispute or difference in understanding about the Gospel of John. Perhaps it was written by someone who was associated with the writing of the Gospel of John, or the community from which it came. There is certainly a sense that the audience was Christians who were suffering from a split in their community.
Perhaps this could be a letter written to our own faith community, or even as a personal letter of spiritual encouragement to any one of us. How can we transform our love into ‘something real and active’? How will others know that they are in the presence of the love of God made manifest in his followers?
In this letter God is reminding Christians today that believers can have profoundly different understandings about what they believe. Can the Christian community handle such differences with love and respect?
Compiled by Sr Christine Clarke PBVM
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