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The annual Retreat of the Executive of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew (BSA) was held from March 9-11 at the Hillcrest Retreat Centre, Brown’s Town. This event was introduced by the current President, Bro. Carl Singh, in 2016 to help develop the spirituality of the organisation’s leadership. The Rev. Michael Allen, Rector, Church of the Ascension, Mona, led the exercise which included…
Mrs. Judith Spencer-Jarrett was installed by Bishop Howard Gregory as President of the Mothers’ Union (MU) at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting held at Wolmer’s Boys’ School, Kingston, on February 25. A foundation MU member at Holy Trinity Church, Old Harbour, Mrs. Spencer-Jarrett previously served on the Executive and as Secretary and Treasurer of the…
The theme for the Lambeth Conference in 2020 is to be “God’s Church for God’s World: walking, listening and witnessing together”. Details have been announced on a new webpage – lambethconference.org – which went live today. A more detailed website is being designed and will go live later this year. The Lambeth Conference will take…
It was, undoubtedly, an occasion for thanksgiving as the modern split-level building housing the new Wortley Home for Girls, in Constant Spring, was rededicated and reopened on February 28 in a ceremony attended by residents of the Home, members of the Diocese, as well as donors and well-wishers. Recalling the devastating fire of 2015 which…
…at UN’s Commission on the Status of Women annual meeting Some 44 Anglicans from 16 provinces will take part in the 62nd session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, which begins next week at the UN headquarters in New York. Photo Credit: Geoffreyq / Wikimedia Women from across the Anglican Communion…
The newly reconstructed Wortley Home for Girls at Maurice Hill, Constant Spring will be rededicated and officially reopened on Wednesday, February 28 at 10.00 a.m. Construction of the modern, split-level structure designed by architect Rivi Gardner following the 2015 fire which destroyed the previous building, was completed in December 2017. The project was managed by…
Bishops of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) have gathered in Barbados for a series of events to celebrate the ministry of the Most Rev. Dr. the Hon. John Holder, who will retire at the end of this month as Bishop of the Diocese of Barbados and Archbishop of the West…
Toast delivered by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory, Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands, on behalf of the Province of the West Indies to The Most Rev. Dr. The Hon. John Holder on the occasion of his retirement as Archbishop of the West Indies, February 9, 2018 Courtesies It is for me a…
The Diocese hosted a dinner at Alhambra Inn on Thursday, January 25, in honour of the following persons who have retired from the Diocese and who who have served for a combined 172 years: – Mrs. Laceta Morlese-Brown – Served for 50 years as Secretary to five Lord Bishops – The Rev. Canon Denzil…
De Carteret College in Mandeville, founded in 1919 by the Rt. Rev. Cecil DeCarteret, the sixth Bishop of Jamaica, and named after him when he demitted office in 1931, has begun the celebrations marking its centenary. Originally a preparatory institution, known as the Diocesan Preparatory School for Boys, it became a secondary school (DeCarteret College)…
A six-week Bible Study series on Intentional Discipleship has been prepared by the Diocese for use during Lent. The Bible Studies, conveniently compiled in a booklet, were written by a team of ordained and lay persons under the guidance of The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston. They are designed to help members…
The Bible has always been a central part of the life of Anglicanism. Indeed, it was the Anglican tradition which contributed to the rest of Christendom the King James Version of the Bible, which today remains sacrosanct for many denominational traditions, and for whom no change in its language or contribution from archaeological and biblical…