Bishop Barthol Barretto made a pastoral visit to St Francis Xavier Church, Manmad on July 18, 2024. He began his visitation by visiting the Religious Communities: the two Convents belonging to the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, where he interacted with the Sisters, and appreciated their selfless service to the poor, irrespective of caste, colour or creed. He also visited the Jesuit Community which is into the Education apostolate.
Bishop Barthol then visited three families and listened to their joys and struggles.
He interacted with the Parish Pastoral Councillors; some of them were other parishioners. Later, Bp Barthol met Fr Sahayaraj Fernando, Parish Priest, and spoke to him about a few pastoral matters.