Fr Cleophas Dominic Fernandes
Parish Priest & School Managing Trustee (2014-2019)
Date of birth: 25 September 1947
Ordained: 24 April 1976
Pastoral Ministry
- Assistant, Rosary Church, Mazagaon (1976–1979)
- Assistant, Diocesan Pastoral Centre (1979–)
- Parish Priest, St. Andrew’s Church, Bandra (1995–1997)
- Director, Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Bandra (11 years)
- Dean, Bandra Deanery (two terms)
- Vasai (6 months)
- Rector, St. Pius X Seminary, Goregaon (1999–2007)
- Parish Priest, Our Lady of Salvation Church, Dadar (2007–2008)
- Director, National, Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre of the CBCI, Bangalore (2008–2014)
- Parish Priest & School Manager, St. Pius X Church & High School, Mulund (2014–May 2019)
- Dean, Thane Deanery (2016–present)
Other Responsibilities
- Member of the International Council for Catechesis, the Vatican (6 years)
- President, Association of Rectors of Major Seminaries of India (3 years)
- Chairman, Conference of Diocesan Priests of the Archdiocese of Bombay (2014–present)
- Think Tank Committee (with Bp Allwyn D’Silva) (2016–present)
- Coordinator, Network Pastoral Asia (2014–present). An organisation of Directors of National Pastoral Centres in Asia, under the patronage of the International Catholic Mission Society (missio), Aachen, Germany
- Founder & Core Team Member, Power to Lead (2006–present). A values-based leadership movement
Pius Thoughts
-
Receiving the holy Eucharist with devotion
Sunday, 19 August 2018
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Restore all things in Christ
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
7.00 pm Mass, St. Pius X Church
Memorial of St. Pius X
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Standing firm in faith & Finding our rest in God
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
Memorial of St Augustine
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Hail Mary
Friday, 30 August 2018
Day#1 – Novena in honour of Nativity of Our Lady
7.00 pm Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Submitting to the Wisdom of God
Saturday, 31 August 2018
6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Test everything
Sunday, 2 September 2018
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Holy Mary
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Day#6 – Novena in honour of Nativity of Our Lady
7:00 pm Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
New Creation
Saturday, 8 September 2018
Birthday of Mother Mary
6:00 pm Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Ephphatha – Be Opened
Sunday, 9 September 2018
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
God even answers unexpressed prayers
Monday, 10 September 2018
7.00 pm Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Living an authentic Christianity.
Faith (even) in SufferingSaturday 15 / Sunday 16, September 2018
7 pm / 9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Positioning ourselves while being a light
Monday, 24 September 2018
6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Trusting with a child-like heart
Sunday, 7 October 2018
8.00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Ask and you shall receive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
7.00 pm Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Liberation from Obsessions (wealth, etc.)
Sunday, 14 October 2018
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Being engaged in our work, we are better prepared for God’s sudden coming
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Interpreting the signs in our lives
Friday, 26 October 2018
6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Jesus stops and attends to our cry
Sunday, 28 October 2018
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Remembering the dead with hope & joy
Friday, 02 November 2018
All Souls’ Day
7.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
God’s Coming with power — is to save us
Sunday, 18 November 2018
8.00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
God’s Offer
Thursday, 22 November 2018
6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
With our co-operation, God seeks to make all things new
Sunday, 25 November 2018
4.45 pm Common Adoration
St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Removing roadblocks
Sunday, 9 December 2018
8.00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Repentance — another baptism
Sunday, 16 December 2018
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Reaching out to those in need
Sunday, 23 December 2018
8:00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
God’s simple message
Tuesday, 25 December 2018
8:00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
Christmas Day
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Family Life
Sunday, 30 December 2018
9:15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Logos & Rhema
Monday, 31 December 2018, 11 pm Mass, and
Tuesday, 1 January 2019, 9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Going a different way
Sunday, 6 January 2019
8:00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Being in a state of constant prayer
Sunday, 13 January 2019
9:15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
All of us like to control God
(God is always transcendent!)Sunday, 3 February 2019
9:15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
God ‘chooses’ you (collaborative Christians)
Sunday, 10 February 2019
Association/Appreciation Day
9:15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
‘Be happy Attitudes’
(happiness even amidst difficulties)Sunday, 17 February 2019
8:00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Giving ‘and’ Forgiving!
(our faith must be lived/witnessed everyday)Saturday, 23 February 2019
7:00 pm Mass, ACC Chapel
(ACC Chapel 75th Anniversary)
St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Here I am
(stopping to encounter God)Sunday, 24 March 2019
9:15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Jesus’ concern for others (even) in the midst of his own sufferings! He offers forgiveness, not curses, towards his torturers
Sunday, 14 April 2019
PALM SUNDAY
9:15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
It is finished.
Jesus achieves for us a saving action that cost him everything
Friday, 19 April 2019
GOOD FRIDAY
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
6.30 pm, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
The Good Shepherd’s love for you!
You could do nothing to merit his rejectionSunday, 21 April 2019
EASTER SUNDAY
8.00 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
Jesus shows Himself..
Jesus invites to intimate relationship with Him
Jesus doesn’t point out our sins, but asks to affirm our love for Him
Saturday 4th / Sunday 5th, May 2019
7 pm / 6.30 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
-
The Good Shepherd is not dying for a select few
His death and resurrection is for allSunday, 12 May 2019
Good Shepherd Sunday
9.15 am Mass, St. Pius X Church
(Fr Cleophas Fernandes)
More of Fr Cleo’s Homilies >>