Unveiling of a plaque in honour of former Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, The Rt. Rev. Hon. and Dr. Neville deSouza, will be the centerpiece of a Service at the Spanish Town Cathedral on Sunday, June 11 to celebrate the late Bishop’s contribution to the life and work of the Church. The plaque…

Clergy and Church Workers of the Kingston Region following their recent Retreat under the theme “Do not doubt, but believe.” The Retreat was held at the Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre, in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, from May 22-25. It was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones (back row, second left), Director of Core Values…

The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, will deliver the 4th Annual Archbishop The Most Rev. Sir George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe Memorial Lecture this evening at 6.00 p.m. (EST) in Kingstown, St. Vincent. His presentation is titled: “In Search of a New Theological Discourse for the Caribbean.” Sponsored by the Diocese of the…

The funeral for the late Head of Church Army Jamaica, Sister Phyllis Verona Thomas, will be held on Saturday, May 20 at the St. Andrew Parish Church, Half Way Tree at 10.00 a.m.  The Service, which will be attended by clergy and laity from across the Diocese, will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. Dr.…

  The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory, Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands has challenged members of the Diocese to confront, in creative ways, the challenges that are preventing the effective delivery of the Church’s mission and ministry. In a wide-ranging Charge delivered at the Opening Service of the 147th Synod of the Church held…

…Bishop Gregory Warns   The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory, Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands, has cautioned the government against broadening the definition of public institutions whose surplus funds they intend to manage to include churches, trusts and government-owned educational institutions. He explains that the monies being targeted for budgetary support were accumulated through…

Sister Phyllis Verona Thomas, the Head of Church Army, Jamaica, died at the University Hospital of the West Indies this morning after ailing for some time. Sister Phyllis was a graduate of the Wilson Carlisle College of Evangelism and Avery Hill College in London, England, where she earned the Diploma in Evangelism and the Bachelor…

  The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, and Choir Master, Audley Davidson, with the Kingston College Chapel Choir following the Festal Evensong on Sunday, April 23, celebrating the 70th anniversary of both St. Augustine Chapel, Kingston College; as well as the Choir, which has established a reputation for excellent choral music since…

A Festal Evensong was held on April 23, 2017 at St Augustine Chapel, Kingston College, to celebrate the 70th anniversary not only of the Chapel, but of the Chapel Choir. I t was in February 1947 that the Chapel was dedicated by Archbishop Hardie to the Glory of God and to the ideals of St…

Do you see the lily? How often do you look at the stained glass windows in your church? Every time you attend perhaps but do you really LOOK at the enormous detail and perhaps try to decipher the stories it tells? Do you know the significance of the symbols or flowers? Note that our Anglican…

Dancehall music and its influence in the Jamaican society will be the focus of a Public Forum to be hosted by the Youth Ministry Division of the Diocese on Tuesday, April 11 at 6.00 p.m. at St. Luke’s Church, Cross Roads. The discussion under the theme “Dancehall: Civilization or Barbarism – Inserting the Christian Narrative,”…

Several clergy and congregations have been joining their brothers and sisters at the Longville Park Mission in Clarendon in a series of weekly Lenten Reflections focusing on Christ’s journey to his crucifixion at Calvary more than 2,000 years ago. “Christ journeyed all the way to the Cross for us, and we have a responsibility to…