The Diocese is very grateful for your prayers, and sends their thanks. Cyclone Freddy weakened in strength by the time it reached the Diocese, and even Fort Dauphin on the east coast in the south of the island was not harmed.

As you will have seen on the world news, Mananjary on the east coast in about the middle of the island was badly affected, as it was last year by Cyclone Batsirai. At the time of writing, the storm is over Mozambique and heading for Zimbabwe.