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Participants at an historic conference in 2014 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Diocese. The contribution of women to the ministry of the Anglican Church in Jamaica will be the focus of a day-long Exposition which will be mounted at St. Luke’s Church Hall, …
Members of the Diocesan Cursillo movement came from different parts of the island to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Cursillo movement in Jamaica. The Celebration Mass and Grand ULTREA took place at St. Mary Parish Church on Saturday, August 29. The Celebrant and Preacher for the Mass was Rev. …
Members who have served on the Settlement’s Board of Management over the years A Mass of Thanksgiving was held on Sunday, September 13 at St. Thomas Mission, Majesty Gardens, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the St. Andrew Settlement, an outreach project of the St Andrew Parish Church. The …
The Archbishop of the West Indies, the Most Rev. Dr. John Holder, has launched an appeal throughout the CPWI for assistance to the storm-damaged island of Dominica. Tropical storm Erika devastated Dominica two few weeks ago, causing damage estimated at millions of dollars and killing some 31 persons. Archbishop Holder …
Bishop Thompson and Mr. Raphael “Keith” Sangster, Chairman of the Home’s Board of Management, admire the Artist’s Impression of the new building for the Wortley Home for Girls. Plans for the rebuilding of the Wortley Home, recently destroyed by fire, were presented on Wednesday, September 9 at a Media Briefing …
The triennial CPWI Synod is scheduled to take place in Barbados from November 13-20, under the theme “Anglicans: Celebrating and Sharing Our Gifts for Mission and Ministry.” Members of Synod who are expected to attend from Jamaica include the Bishops, Rev. Canon Georgia “Grace” Jervis, Very Rev. Collin Reid, Sister …
From the Left: Rev. Beverly Noble Donald, Bishop of Kingston Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson and Archdeacon of Kingston Ven. Patrick Cunningham
The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory greets a member of St. Andrew Parish Church on Sunday, August 2, following the Independence Service. Click on the following link to go to the sermon page: Click Here!
The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry The Episcopal (Anglican) Church in the USA has elected its first African-American Presiding Bishop. He is the Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry of North Carolina, who received 121 of the 174 votes cast on the first ballot at the recent 78th General Assembly of …
Firemen fight to control the blaze which destroyed the dormitories at The Wortley Home. (Jamaica Observer Photo) In the wake of the fire which destroyed the Wortley Home for Girls in Constant Spring, on Monday, June 29, the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, which owns and operates the …
Rt. Rev. Cornell Moss The Provincial Secretary, on behalf of the Archbishop of the West Indies, has issued a statement announcing the death of the Rt. Rev. Cornell Moss, Bishop of Guyana. Bishop Moss died on Saturday May 30, in Miami, Florida where he was recovering from heart surgery A …
During the summer of 2014, five children from the Sunday School programme at St. Philip’s Church, Whifield Town, were enrolled in the inaugural Diocesan Music Summer Camp held at Christ Church in Vineyard Town. Like the rest of the campers, the St. Philip’s students performed admirably at the end-of-camp concert …
