The people are beginning to start the journey to Toliara for the Synod Meetings at the Cathedral Compound which start on July 20th, and for the 10th Anniversary Celebrations the following weekend.

Please pray for safety on the roads, which do not make for easy travelling (an understatement!) Some are travelling by motorbike, some by car, some on taxi brousse.

Rev Gaston, Rev Tovo and Rev Yvon, along with Rev Antsa’s husband, Liva, set off on Tuesday to travel 310 miles from Ambovombe area to Toliara. They are taking two days for this 12 hour journey by motorbike so that they are less likely to have an accident from being overtired. They are stopping overnight in Ampanihy.

Pray for strength and stamina for all travellers, especially the motorcycle riders as a long distance on bad roads can be very exhausting. Pray too for all vehicles to remain in working condition during the journeys.

Please pray for the discernment of God’s will during the Synod.

And finally, please pray for good health during the meetings and through the anniversary celebrations, and for God’s blessing on all activities.

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Dear friends 

Greetings from the Diocese of Toliara

We would like to invite to pray for the Diocese,  to celebrate God-with-us, so that the Diocese of Toliara during this 10th year will be renewed spiritually, will offer more disciples and servants to Christ, and be able to stand by contributing joyfully.

May the Diocese be a loving and a living family of God.

May all the leaders, laity and clergy recommit  themselves for God’s mission in this one of the world’s most vulnerable situations.

Blessings

Bishop Samitiana
Toliara, Madagascar

We thank God very much that today, August 7th 2021, the guesthouse with four rooms in Sakaraha Parish was dedicated.  The rent from this will help the Parish to be self-sustaining.

To God be the glory! Amen!

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Cheryl’s Place is a guest house on the grounds of the Cathedral complex and is now an economic resource for the Diocese of Toliara. 

On 20th July, 2021, Cheryl’s Place was dedicated, and officially opened. A service of prayer was held around all the rooms of the building, and prayers offered for all who will live in it in the future.

Responsibility for the guesthouse was passed from the Building Construction Department to the Economic Development Department.

Dr Manampy and Dr Nadia are the first tenants, renting part of the upstairs of the building, where they also have a consulting room.

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May you rest well in God’s presence with God’s people. 
Peace be with you.  

On 27th June 2020, the people of the Parish of Fenoarivo gathered with Bishop Todd to pray and dedicate the new guest house at Ambohimahavelona.

 Their first tenant arrived on 1st July. The rent will help fund the costs of the Parish.

Thanks be to God!

Dean Donne, Rev Gaston and some of the laity pray, as construction of a building for Ambovombe Church starts today. Thanks be to God for the land and the funds to build this church.  May it be a holy place where many come to worship our Lord God and are drawn into His loving presence.

 

Synod 2019 has now concluded. Thanks be to God for good meetings!

 

 

 

 

Reports given at the Diocesan Synod in Toliara today tell that there are now 108 Churches in the Diocese.  Thanks be to God for this growth and pray for continued discipleship of all these new Christians.