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A Message from The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson Suffragan Bishop of Kingston & Canonical Administrator Sunday, September 11, 2016, is Education Sunday. In Luke’s gospel, chapter 15, Jesus speaks to the experience of where our world is today. A world filled with people who are lost. We know the story …
Rebuilding of the Wortley Home for Girls, which was destroyed by fire in June 2015, is now in progress. The J$46 million construction project is being managed by Food for the Poor under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands which manages the Home; …
Building on the success of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) third Provincial Youth Gathering, held in Grenada from 16 to 23 July, the Province and the Anglican Alliance hosted two in-depth training events for 30 young people from across the West Indies. Half the group …
Ground will be broken this morning for reconstruction of The Wortley Home for Girls, which was destroyed by fire in June 2015. Designed by well-known architect, Rivi Gardner, the plans for the new split-level structure have been approved by the relevant government authorities and construction will be done by Food …
Within hours of the start of the Diocesan Summer Music Camp at Christ Church, Vineyard Town, on July 11, 8 year-old Matthew Piper-Bennett complained that he was bored and wanted to go home. At the end of the first week, he was playing Alleluia on the organ at his home …
The Caribbean is a “paradise” but it is “very, very fragile” and under threat from environmental damage, the Archbishop of the West Indies, The Most Rev. and The Hon. Dr. John Holder, cautioned as he addressed participants at the recently concluded third provincial youth gathering, in Grenada. “We have in the …
Miss Karen Henry, Choir Director and leader of the Church of the Holy Spirit Choir and Assistant Director of the Portmore Chorale, has been awarded a three year contract as Reviser and Head of the English Translation Team at the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. …
The Provincial Commission on Mission, Renewal, Ecumenism and Interfaith met at the Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre in Brown’s Town, St. Ann this week under the chairmanship of The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston. The two-days of deliberation on July 6 and 7, involved six of the Commission’s eight members. …
In a tradition started some 98 years ago, St Peter’s Church in Lluidas Vale, St. Catherine, celebrated the Gifts of the Sugar Cane Harvest at a Service held on Sunday, July 3. Celebrant and Preacher was the Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston. Also in attendance was former …
“To claim the moral authority to lead the community in worship, ministers must live what they pray and practice what they preach. They must be living examples of what they call the community to be.” This is one of the core principles of Ministry highlighted by the Lord Bishop, the …
The Lord Bishop has announced that the Rev. Garth Minott, Anglican Warden at The United Theological College of The West Indies (UTCWI), has been appointed a Canon of The Cathedral Church, effective October 1, 2016. The Service for his installation will be held at The Cathedral, Spanish Town, on Thursday, September 29, which …
The June issue of The Anglican is now available. The special double issue of the publication contains a Supplement commemorating the centenary of the death of Archbishop Enos Nuttall, the fifth Bishop of Jamaica and outstanding statesman. The Supplement includes messages from national leaders, information on the life of Archbishop …
