Bishop Philip writes…
Welcome to this our 500th Edition of e-News! I began sending out to the Diocese a weekly e-Newsletter in April 2014 with its record of events small and great in the life of the Diocese. Thank you for continuing to subscribe – and please encourage family, friends and other parishioners to sign up.
This Friday, we keep the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, body and soul. It’s a Holy Day of Obligation when we should go to Mass. I always think of this as a beautiful feastday that we celebrate in mid-summer, a day to spend with Mary our Mother, to sense Her protective help and to ask Her powerful prayers. This Friday, let’s approach her as the Queen of Peace, praying for a more stable world and for an end to the horrors in Gaza and in Ukraine.
Again, welcome to this 500th edition of e-News for Tuesday 12th August 2025. We’re now back from our amazing pilgrimage to Rome and looking forward to a short break next week. Thanks to Deacon Craig for his editing work and to all of you for submitting your news stories. If you have a good news story to tell or a diocesan event to advertise, please email Deacon Craig. Meanwhile, as the Editor is off on his summer holiday, the next edition of e-News will be in three weeks’ time on Tuesday 2nd September.
In Corde Iesu
+ Philip
Bishop of Portsmouth
[Image: National Shrine Washington]
