SOLENT PASTORAL AREA & PARISH

Parish Open Meetings Fri 27th Sept & Sat 5th Oct

At St Philip Howard Church Hall

This Friday (27th at 7.30pm) sees the first of two important

parish meetings where we will all have a chance to share

our views about how we should take forward the Diocesan

Ten Year plan in the Solent Pastoral Area. Don’t expect a

“great reveal” telling us what the answers are because

there are none as yet. These meetings are a step on the

process of working it all out and they give us an opportunity

to hear a brief summary of the issues we face, and then the

chance to share our thoughts on what we want the future

Pastoral Area to look like.

Like the meetings being held in Park Gate, Stubbington and

Gosport, these gatherings are a great example of the

listening church that the Pope wants us to be - walking

together on a Synodal path whose purpose is “to involve all

the baptised”. And this means that we all have a

responsibility for contributing to the plan that needs to be

developed to bring the four communities on the Fareham-

Gosport peninsula closer together. So ...

Please put Friday 27th September at 7.30pm or Sat 5th

October at 10.30am in your diary and come prepared to

share your views and shape the future of YOUR parish.

The Diocesan Plan can be found on our website at

https://www.catholicchurchfareham.org.uk/

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