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April 21, 2023 HOUSING BENEFITS FOR RETIRED CLERGY & CHURCH WORKERS I am pleased to advise that retired clergy and church workers may now access financial assistance for housing from the Farquharson Jamaica Trust Fund which was established following the sale of Farquharson House in 2018. Beneficiaries identified in the …
152nd Annual Synod of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands held in the St. James Parish Church, Montego Bay April 11, 2023 Theme: A Renewed Church for a Time of Critical Social Change Nehemiah 2:17-18 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies …
Preparations for the 152nd Diocesan Synod gather momentum this week with three Regional Pre-Synod Conferences, the first of which, for the Kingston Region, take place today (March 21) atSt. Luke’s Church, Cross Roads. Other Conferences will be held on Thursday, March 23 atSt. Gabriel’s Church, May Pen for the Mandeville …
Communiqué The House of Bishops of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) meeting on Tuesday, March 7, and the Standing Committee of CPWI meeting on Wednesday, March 8, and Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the Cardiff Hotel, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, Jamaica, in the Diocese …
Bishop Thompson who retired in 2020 after 47 years as an ordained minister is remembered for the “single-minded passion” which he displayed for his lifelong pastoral vocation in the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands. This culminated with his consecration in 2005 as Suffragan Bishop of Kingston – an …
THE CHURCH IN THE PROVINCE OF THE WEST INDIESChurch in the Province of the West Indies _____________________________________________________________________________ THE COMMUNIQUÉ We, the members of the House of Bishops, the House of Clergy and the House of Laity of the Church in the Province of the West Indies at the Forty-First Triennial …
Power, Justice, and Peace Last Christmas, the minds of people across the world were still focused on the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, the major global concern is the invasion of Ukraine by the superpower, Russia, with its devastating consequences and suffering for the people of Ukraine, and for the global community …
PRESS RELEASE The Rev. Canon Garth Minott, Deputy President and Warden of Anglican Students at the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) will be ordained and consecrated as the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Kingston on June 11, The Feast of St. Barnabas, at the Kingston Parish Church. The …
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For Immediate Release Veteran Anglican Clergyman, the Rev. Canon Peter Mullings, who was an ordained minister in the Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands for 59 years, died yesterday (January 11), following a brief illness. Canon Mullings, who was trained at St. Peter’s College, the Diocesan institution which preceded …
January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, is a special day, referred to as Bishop’s Day. Each year, members of the Women’s Auxiliary (WA) – a major Diocesan Organisation – gather for worship led by the Diocesan Bishop, in one of the three regions – Kingston, Mandeville or Montego Bay. …
The Most Rev. Howard Gregory, Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands, has announced the appointment of a new Board of Management for the Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland. The new Board will be chaired by Mr. Vincent Guthrie, a retired educator. In …
