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 […]
Pastoral Letters
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 […]
Third Sunday of Easter 2020
– Reflections for a Time of Pandemic – *Do we Seek the Power of the Risen Jesus for Our Lives?* Daily life throws up many worries and challenges. These come from married and family […]
Let us love both mother and unborn child
Dear Brothers and Sisters,Legislation was introduced into the Western Australian parliament this last week to make access to abortion easier. The aim is to facilitate the abortion of more unborn human beings than current legislation […]
Message from the Bishop
As you will have heard, last Friday night Western Australian time, Pope Francis accepted my resignation as Bishop of Bunbury, which was submitted nearly ten months ago. As parishioners 76 years old or older will appreciate, I have neither the health nor the energy to continue to be responsible for a Diocese that is more than half the size of Victoria.