I am most grateful to all who participated in the first two consultations for our 2019 Diocesan Synod. The response has been well beyond expectations. Many obviously took considerable time to consider what they wanted […]
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Launch of the Safeguarding Program and call for Safeguarding Officers
To the people of the Bunbury Diocese I wish to repeat again my most sincere apology of Christmas 2015 to all those who have suffered the horrors of child abuse within the Church, particularly in […]
Synod Consultation
The future direction of the Catholic Church in Australia is the focus of two events the 2019 Diocesan Synod the 2020 National Plenary Council. The first step for both events is to listen to all […]
Introducing the 2019 Diocesan Synod
Dear Brothers and Sisters With other Australians, we Catholics these past five years have been learning as a result of the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse about […]
Love for our gay brothers and sisters
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Sadly, in the recent debate about gay marriage, many gay people – along with their parents, family members and friends – have been hurt by what they have been […]
An open letter to Parishioners and Parents of Catholic school students
Dear Parishioners and Parents of Catholic school students I am writing this letter because I am concerned about some confusion in relation to possible consequences for Catholic schools of a YES vote in the current […]
Why is Marriage between a man and a woman different?
For Catholics, marriage between a man and a woman is different from any other relationship. Therefore, the word ‘marriage’ should not be used for any other relationship. The reasons for saying that marriage is a […]
Questioning “Same Sex Marriage Slogans”
The decision of the Commonwealth Government to put to a referendum or plebiscite the question whether the word ‘marriage’ (currently a relationship between a man and a woman) should be used also for a biologically […]
Easter Message from Bishop Holohan
Every Easter is a celebration of why Jesus came. If you ask people today why Jesus came, there will be many answers. Some will say, for example, ‘To teach us to love’; for others, the […]
Statement regarding royal commission findings February 10th 2017
My dear people Who could not be shocked, horrified and disgusted to learn this past week of the scale of allegations of child abuse against priests, made by survivors who came forward to the Royal […]