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St. Mark’s Parish Church, Mandeville, will celebrate its Patronal Festival and 200 years of Christian Witness in Manchester with an Anniversary Re-dedication Service on Sunday, April 24 at 8:30 a.m. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory, Diocesan Bishop, will be Celebrant and Preacher. Clergy and other members of the Diocesan family will be …
(Article adapted from Anglican Communion News Service) [ACNS, by Gavin Drake] The Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong, the Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong, has been elected as the new chair of the Anglican Consultative Council – the legally constituted body that brings together Anglican churches from around the world. …
The Bishop of Lusaka, David Njovu, with young people outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Article adapted from Anglican Communion News Service) [ACNS, by Bellah Zulu] A panel of both young and elderly representatives from the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA), the Anglican Church of …
From The Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory The resurrection of Jesus Christ which Christians celebrate at Easter has always baffled human minds. It should not surprise us then that around this time each year there is, among non-believers, some sensational publication or television presentations which have as their goal some kind of argument …
The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has called for South Africans to stop chanting “this must fall” and, instead, work together to “create a deafening chorus of what must rise.” Archbishop Makgoba, the primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, made his remarks at the opening of a …
More than 250 Clergy and Lay Representatives from across the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (Anglican) will meet in Montego Bay, for the second consecutive year, for the 146th Synod of the Church from Tuesday, March 29 to Friday, April 1. The four-day meeting under the theme “The …
The St James Parish Church, venue for the Opening Service of this year’s 146th Diocesan Synod, is one of the most historic churches in Jamaica, dating back to May 6, 1775 when its foundation stone was laid. It apparently replaced an older church, as the Baptismal Registers include entries from …
(Article adapted from Anglican Communion News Service) The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, the Most Revd Michael Curry, has said that the replacement of Judeo-Christian values with the “idol of the self” is a “formula for human self-destruction” and said that the love of God was about …
Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, Reverend Robert Thompson, wants Anglicans to listen more and learn from life changing experiences that have a biblical meaning, in order to become good messengers of the church. The Bishop passed this message on to Barbadians, who this morning gathered in their thousands at the Garfield …
Despite the phenomenal growth of many new churches, mostly of the Pentecostal faith, in the last 25 years, and the subsequent loss of members to these newcomers which offer a more hyped up form of worship, particularly appealing to young people, the Anglican Church remains the single largest Christian denomination …
[ACNS] Anglicans in Jamaica have begun pooling their work and skills so that local churches’ “little efforts” can combine to make a big difference. This pioneering approach to mission, dubbed the Anglican Togetherness Group (ATG), is being supported by the Anglican mission agency United Society. “The initiative started four years …
Bishops of the Church in the Province of the West Indies carry the casket with the remains of the late Bishop of Jamaica, The Rt. Rev. the Hon. Dr. Neville deSouza to its final resting place. Bishop deSouza was buried yesterday (December 29) in the St. Andrew Parish Church Cemetery …
