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…

The Clifton Boy’s Home, in Westmoreland was destroyed by fire on Sunday, January 15. The cause of the fire which started just after 4 O’clock in the afternoon, is unknown. The 28 residents of the Home operated by the Diocese for some 52 years, are being housed in temporary accommodation at the nearby St. John’s…

The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory, Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands and the Rev. Sean Major-Campbell, Rector of Christ Church, Vineyard Town, joined several civil society groups on November 25 in a Silent Protest to commemorate the International day to Eliminate Violence against Women (IDEVAW) The initiative, which was mounted for the second consecutive…

The Diocesan Festival Choir, which has been in the vanguard of choral and sacred music presentations in Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean for 91 years, has established a Hall of Fame to recognize Jamaicans who have made outstanding contributions in both genres. The names of the first ten inductees – two of whom are being…

Rousing worship music, led by the Musical Apostles Steel Band, Miss Debbie Davidson on keyboards, and the Glenmuir High School Choir “rocked” the traditionally formal atmosphere of the Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town, at the recent Cathedral Sunday Festal Evensong on November 20. In the words of a long-standing member of…

[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] The Bishop of Uruguay has delivered a critical presidential address to his diocesan synod, in which he said that parishes had failed to engage with “the basics” of mission and evangelism. Bishop Michele Pollesel used the example of a new priest who received complaints that he had used the same sermon…