SEPTEMBER 2025

Dear Rev. Fathers, Religious, and People of God,

The month of September is a special month for the catholic of Tamil  Nadu.  In  this  month,  we  celebrate  the  nativity  of  Our Blessed Mother. In our state, we call this feast as the feast of Our Lady of Vailankanni as well as the Our Lady of good health. Our diocese, too, has a couple of parishes dedicated to Our Lady of Vailankanni.   I wish you all a very joyous feast of the birth of Our Lady.  Birth of a child is always a happy event in the family, a  clear  sign  of  God's  blessings.  Similarly,  the  birth  of  Our Mother Mary is a great joy to the humanity, since she gave the Messiah  to  the  world  and  with  Him,  the  countless  gifts  the Saviour  brought  to  men.  Let  her  life  be  model  and  source  of inspiration TO us.

In the month of September, the Church celebrates the feast of the  Archangel,  St.Michael,  who  is  the  patron  saint  of  our cathedral  and  as  such,  the  feast  of  our  Diocese.  Catholic tradition assigns to him   four offices: to fight against Satan, to rescue the souls of the faithful from his clutches, especially at death, to be the special patron of the Holy Church and to bring faithful souls' to judgement. I avail myself of this occasion to wish you all a very Happy feast of the saint. St.Michael is the patron saint of the congregation of the brothers of St.Michael. The  Diocese  wishes  them  a  joyous  feast  filled  with  God's blessings.  At  this  juncture,  the  diocese  acknowledges  their ministry, service etc., and thanks them profoundly for all their activities. May God bless them.

Another gently reminder to our clergy. Next month, October, we  will  have  our  annual  retreat.  Please  attend  it  without  fail. May God through the intercession of St.Michael bless us all.

Invoking God’s blessings and with assurance of my prayers and cordial blessings,

Yours devotedly in Risen Lord

+L. Thomas Aquinas

Bishop of Coimbatore