Pastoral Letters
Let us Share Our Lives with the Lord
Nothing in life compares with personal experiences of Christ. He is our Lord and Saviour. [1] Believers have suffered persecution, torture and death rather than risk losing these experiences. The gospels give numerous examples of […]
Mass of the Last Supper 2020
MAKING SENSE OF DIFFICULT TIMES- Homilies for a Time of Pandemic –* Christ empowers Christian love * One of the consequences of the regulations we now have to protect as many as possible from the coronavirus […]
Who owns what in the Bunbury Diocese?
Dear Parishioners People have been asking me about possible implications for parishes and Catholic schools of legislation passed earlier this year related to payments to survivors of abuse. I have tried to answer their questions […]
Good Friday 2020
MAKING SENSE OF DIFFICULT TIMES- Homilies for a Time of Pandemic –‘I know that my Redeemer Lives’ Today, we celebrate Jesus taking the path he foretold he must take for the triumph of his Resurrection, namely […]
Cardinal Pell Pastoral Letter
Dear Parishioners and Parents of Students in Catholic Schools What a distressing week it has been after we all heard of the guilty verdict against Cardinal George Pell. I cannot remember such a national media […]
Easter Vigil 2020
MAKING SENSE OF DIFFICULT TIMES – Homilies for a Time of Pandemic – There are different understandings these days of what it means to be a Christian. Many, for example, mistakenly think of Christianity […]
DECREE OF CONVOCATION
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ The Bunbury Diocese faces many challenges to its mission today, as does the Catholic Church in Australia. Our task is to proclaim Christ and his teachings in an increasingly […]
Second Sunday of Easter 2020
Bishop Gerard’s Pastoral Letter on Euthanasia
Dear Brothers and Sisters in ChristDuring this past week, the lower house of the Western Australian Parliament, the Legislative Assembly, voted to pass the draft legislation which would legalise euthanasia in our State. The draft […]