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The ministry of retired Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson; and the late Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, The Rt. Rev. and Hon. Alfred Reid, who together served the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands for a combined 98 years, will be celebrated at …
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The call and mission entrusted to the prophetic voice (in the Church) is to engage, challenge and confront rulers, institutions and power structures; and their mode of operation. “So those in contemporary society who believe that the Church of God is about entertainment, emotional highs and prosperity, better go back …
Cathedral Sunday – Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Jamaica Theme: “Assessing the Past, Contemplating the Present, Strategizing for the Future” It has become the tradition of recent years that, on the afternoon of the last Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year celebrated as …
The Rev. Canon Ernle Gordon, one of the Anglican Church’s prominent and at times, controversial priests, has died at the age of 82. Ordained a priest in 1968, he spent most of his ministry as Rector of St. Mary the Virgin Church, Maverley, serving there from 1972 until his retirement …
October 5 each year is celebrated as World Teachers’ Day. It is a day when teachers across the world unite in their efforts to celebrate the achievements, successes, challenges and opportunities as they pursue the greatest vocation – that of teaching. October 5, 2020 marks the official start of the …
The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, who retires in August after 47 years of Ministry, declares that his decision to pursue his lifelong vocation in the Church was made for him by God. The Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, who was ordained a Deacon at age 24, admits that: “There were times …
New Normal for Ministry St. Paul’s Little London Cure includes St. Paul’s in Little London, St. Mary the Virgin in Negril, St. Silas in Mount Airy and St. Helena’s in Sheffield. All four churches in Westmoreland have different contextual features for mission and ministry. This posed challenges during the COVID-19 …
The Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands joins with the countless institutions and Individuals who are paying tribute to the late Oliver Fredrick Clarke. Read More below…
london.anglican.org/articles/the-eucharist-in-a-time-of-physical-distancing/March 31, 2020Communications A paper from the London College of Bishops: Since the earliest days of the Church, Christians have gathered together to bless, break and share bread and to bless and share a cup of wine in obedience to the Lord’s command, given on the night before He died, …
