Bertram Gayle Gains Distinction and Four Awards Five Anglican students have graduated from the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) where a virtual Valedictory service was held on May 19. They are Mr. Bertram Gayle, Mr. Courtney Carridice, Mr. Kamar Prendergast, Ms. Monnecia Duncan, and the Rev. Paul Sharp. Mr. Gayle who gained…
Second Sunday after Pentecost First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity Sunday – May 30 Pentecost – Whitsunday – May 23
When Father Sean Major-Campbell said in the June 2020 issue of The Anglican, that “Conversations about statues, buildings, monuments and other symbols relating to the colonial experience have now taken centre stage,” he could not have imagined that in 2021 the ‘centre stage’ would be the venerable Church of England itself. The (British) Guardian in…
CELEBRATING EDUCATION WEEK 2021 “Bridging the Digital and Social Divide: Transforming Education for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development,” is a timely theme for Education Week 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted the inequity that exists in our country. It is over a year since the COVID-19 appeared on our shores and disrupted our lives and…
The Resolution passed at the Provincial Synodoutlined what is being proposed to congregations: Baptism and Communion WHEREAS the House of Bishops of the Church in the Province of the West Indies, after a process of reflection on the history and theology inherent in the rites of Christian Initiation and the practices related to admission to…
The Opening of the 150th Annual Synod of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands held in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Bishop’s Lodge on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 As announced, the theme for our Synod this year, “God’s Church for God’s World,” and our Reflection for this afternoon will be guided, in…
Fellow Sojourners, 05 April 2021 Before we go… The Lord is Risen! He is risen! Alleluia! The Lord is risen indeed, and, by His death and resurrection, we have moved from darkness into the light, and from sin and shame into a new freedom with life in Him. As a resurrection people we journey on…
Seventh Sunday of Easter – May 16 Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 9 Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 2 Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 25 Third Sunday of Easter – April 18 Second Sunday of Easter – April 11 Archbishop Howard Gregory – Homily – Easter Sunday – April 4, 2021
Easter Sunday, Year B 4 April 2021 Reading:John 20: 1- 18 Scripture: “…I have seen the Lord…”(John 20:18) Reflection: The Easter story, for the foundational members of the Christian community, begins in darkness and despair that initially turn them away from the place of victory over death “… for as yet they did not understand”…
Theme: God of New Futures Theologian Walter Brueggemann in reflecting on Easter offers a reflection on the resurrection as another manifestation of our God as the God of new futures in face of the old order in this way: The resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate energizing for the new future. The wrenching of Friday…
Holy Saturday, Year B 3 April 2021 Scripture: Lamentations 3:1-9, John 19:38 – 42 Reading: “He has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago.” (Lamentations 3:5-6) Reflection:In pre-pandemic times, today would be characterized by our joyful communal anticipation of the Easter…
Good Friday, Year B 2 April 2021 Scripture: John 18:1-19:42 Reading:“ They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews.”(John 18:40) Reflection:Each year on Good Friday, the Gospel reading repeats John’s lengthy description of the trumped-up religious-political accusations levied at Jesus, His…