St Bernard's Parish Botany

05/12/2023

St Bernand's Parish will be celebrating the Christmas Eve Family Mass on Sunday, 24 December at 5 pm. All families are welcome to attend the Mass.
We are looking for children to be readers, part of the Offertory procession and to participate in a movement/dance at the end of Mass. Children are invited to dress as angels or shepherds.
If your child would like to participate in the Mass please complete the form linked below. There will be practices at St Bernard’s Church on Wednesday, 20 December 10 -10:45 am and Friday, 22 December from 10:30 - 11:00 am.
If you are able to assist me with organising the Mass please email: [email protected] and I will make contact with you.

St Bernand's Parish will be celebrating the Christmas Eve Family Mass on Sunday, 24 December at 5 pm. All families are welcome to attend the Mass. We are looking for children to be readers, part of the Offertory procession and to participate in a movement/dance at the end of Mass. Children are invit...

17/12/2022

A reminder that we will have a rehearsal for the Christmas Eve Mass on Sunday 18 Dec at 2 pm at the Church.

12/12/2022

St Bernand's Parish will be celebrating the Christmas Eve Family Mass on Saturday 24 December at 5 pm. All families are welcome to attend the Mass.

We are looking for children to be readers, part of the Offertory procession and to participate in a movement/dance at the end of Mass. Children are invited to dress as angels or shepherds.

If your child would like to participate in the Mass they are welcome to attend the practices at St Bernard’s Church on Sunday, 18 December at 2 - 2:45 pm and Wednesday, 21 st Dec at 10 - 10:45 am.

19/03/2022

Today we honour St Joseph, the patron saint of workers, husbands and fathers.
First appearing in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, St. Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus Christ and the husband of the Virgin Mary. A carpenter by trade, he was engaged to Mary when he discovered that she was pregnant. The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and revealed that Mary had conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and commanded that he take Mary as his wife and Jesus as his own Son. Without question or hesitation, he did as the angel commanded and unquestioningly obeyed the commands of God by taking his family to the safety of Egypt to flee the wrath of King Herod, returning to Nazareth; presenting his child in the Temple for circumcision and formal presentation and travelling to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Although St. Joseph was not the physical father of Jesus, he was a father in every other sense of the word, he was responsible for the religious education of his Son, including teaching Him to read the Sacred Scriptures and later passed on his trade to Jesus who became known as “the carpenter’s son”. Joseph died before Jesus began His public ministry. He is also the patron of the Universal Church, families, homes, carpenters, pregnant women, travellers, immigrants and people buying or selling homes.
St Joseph, pray for us.

10/03/2022

At this time, we hold in our minds and hearts all those affected by the floods and pouring rain. Our hearts go out to those whose homes, possessions and businesses have been destroyed or damaged by floods in Queensland and New South Wales. We remember in prayer: Those whose lives have been devastate...

26/02/2022

Volunteers needed for Kid's Church! If you can help or lead a session once a term please contact the Parish. Kid's Church has been making a difference to our Parish for over 20 years. Everyone is welcome!
Parish email: [email protected]

19/02/2022

Join us today for Kid's Church

08/01/2022

Today is the Solemnity of the Baptism of our Lord.

For those unable to go to Mass today, televised and online mass is available at https://massforyou.com.au

23/12/2021

The NSW Government has announced that face masks are compulsory for anyone aged over 12 when entering churches and this will be the case until at least 27 January. Please remember to take a face mask with you when attending Mass this Christmas. You'll find more information here: https://www.sydneycatholic.org/coronavirus-updates/

28/11/2021

Today is the First Sunday of Advent and the start of a new Liturgical Year. We light the first Advent candle today, representing hope -- something we have all held close to our hearts and appreciated more than ever in the past turbulent year 🙏

20/11/2021

Today is the Feast of Christ the King. At Kid's Church the children decorated crowns to celebrate this special day in our Church's calendar

Today is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, also known as the Feast of Christ the King. This is also the last Sunday of this Liturgical Year.

13/11/2021

It was wonderful to be back face to face for Kids Church this morning. The children had lots of fun drawing with chalk on the church drive. They drew signs that we are ready for God when he returns. They said we can be ready by being kind and loving and looking after each other and looking after our environment.