Bishop Philip writes…
This week, the Church’s liturgy focuses on the world of God’s invisible creatures, the angels and archangels, the cherubim and seraphim, gathered around God’s throne. Today, Tuesday, we venerate the archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael and on Friday our Guardian Angels. It prompted me to release a Pastoral Letter titled “Things Visible and Invisible”. You can read it below and even watch me deliver it. The Letter has a QR code at the bottom. I wish to invite you with your smartphone to complete a short, anonymous questionnaire about our Holy Habits and the diocesan plan. It will be an opportunity to contribute to the growth and development of the Diocese and will help me discern how the Lord is at work. Thank you in advance. We hope to repeat the survey in three years’ time to view the journey made.
Meanwhile, welcome to this e-News issue 549 (2026/33) for Tuesday 29th September 2026. Remember that this Friday is the CAFOD Autumn Family Fast Day. Please say a prayer for our schools, particularly for the two that I will be visiting this coming Thursday: St. Teresa’s Wokingham and St. Dominic Savio’s Woodley. Over the weekend, I will be in Guernsey for Confirmations. During these next days, may the Lord bless you, your family and friends, with His love.
With all good wishes and an assurance of my prayers,
In Corde Iesu
+Philip
Bishop of Portsmouth
[Image: Jacques Coetzee]
