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…

  The market square market in Kingstown, the capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines, became the venue for an Ash Wednesday service this week. It was celebrated by the Anglican Bishop of the Windward Islands, the Rt Reverend C Leopold Friday, assisted by Father Hanif H R Johnson and several ordained deacons and lay…

  [ACNS] A new book, designed as a theological resource to help those who are undergoing persecution – and to develop a wider understanding of the issue – has been published by the Anglican Inter Faith Network. At the launch, at the Anglican Communion Office in London,  one of its authors, Archbishop Michael Jackson of…

Christians urged to take part in carbon fast during Lent   The chair of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network (ACEN), the Bishop of Swaziland, Ellinah Wamukoya, is inviting people to take part in a “carbon fast” during Lent – to examine their daily actions and reflect on how they impact the environment: “We are of…

Archbishop of Canterbury calls on Christians to join global wave of prayer The Archbishop of Canterbury is encouraging Christians of all denominations to join in with a ten day global prayer initiative “Thy Kingdom Come” from Ascension Day to Pentecost.   What began  last year as an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York…

Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory, says that while some people of different religious traditions gloat over the recent case of sexual misconduct in the Moravian Church, clergy of all denominations “have in some way been implicated in what has happened by virtue of the office which we hold.”…

In the wake of the fire that destroyed the Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland last Sunday, January 15, the Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands, which owns and operates the Home, has opened a Rebuilding Fund at the National Commercial Bank, Savanna-la-Mar Branch, 68 Great George Street. Donors are being invited to make…