Welcome to
The Port Elizabeth Oratory
Parish of St Bernadette
Parish of
St Bernadette
The Catholic Church in the heart of Walmer
Parish Life - Discipleship
The parish of St Bernadette is served by the fathers and brother of the Oratory. The parish and the Oratory (which share the same premises) have a close relationship.
Latest News and Events Events
Work on the installation of our new pipe organ began on Monday 19 January and is expected to take three weeks to …
Every year our parish, under the patronage of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, commemorates the World Day of Prayer for the Sick with …
17 & 18 January 2026, 2nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Having celebrated Our Lord’s birth and epiphany, we now enter the period …
Sebastian Valfré was born in 1629 in Alba in Piedmont, now north-west Italy, and joined the Oratory in Turin on St Philip’s …
10 & 11 January 2026, FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD The feast of the Baptism of the Lord, in a …
The Oratory of St Philip rejoices to count among its sons the great sixteenth-century bishop and spiritual author Francis Sales (1567-1622), who …
Physical Address:
Corner of 8th Ave & Fordyce Road, Walmer
Postal Address:
PO Box 5012, Walmer, 6065
Parish Office:
Monday – Friday, 09:00-12:00: 073 247 1316
Email:
parish@pe-oratory.org.za



