Annual Chrism Mass – Kingston Region

Venue: The Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town, St. Catherine Celebrant: The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands Preacher:The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson Suffragan Bishop of Kingston Note: Clergy are reminded that they should be vested in their white Stoles for concelebration

South African Archbishop Calls for Renewed Vision

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 …

Annual Synod Returns to Montego Bay

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 …

Historic Church for 146th Synod Service

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 …

Judeo-Christian values replaced with golden calf of the self

(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 …

Anglicans told to ‘listen more’

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 …

God bless the Anglicans’ way to renewal

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 …

Jamaican Anglicans pool efforts for lasting community change

[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 …