Today we gather in the Bulla neighbourhood to recall with thanksgiving the grace of God and the faith of our forebears who first celebrated the Eucharist within the present boundaries of our parish in 1852.
The earlier settlers in Bulla from Ireland gathered in two family homes—the Daniel’s and Cosgrove’s to celebrate Mass presided over by Father Patrick Dunne who came on horse from Coburg to the houses (Mrs Daniel, a widow with many children) in Oaklands Road just north of Somerton Road.
For 24 years, Catholics gathered in homes for Mass until St Michael’s Church was built in 1876. Then the priest came from Keilor—a shorter ride!
In our centenary year, we celebrate that the Bulla area was incorporated into the new parish of Sunbury a hundred years ago when the new parish of Sunbury was established in 1911.
Our pastoral plan of developing neighbourhoods within our parish is a return to the original structure of our parish when all the families in Bulla knew and supported each other.
……Fr Kevin
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury
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