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News Story For Immediate Release Jamaican-born Bishop of Dover to Preach at Anglican Anniversary Service The Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the Jamaican-born Bishop of Dover, England, will be the Preacher this weekend at the Launch Service to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands (Anglican). Bishop Hudson-Wilkin, who…
Archbishop’s Christmas Message 2023 Christmas – An Affirmation of Hope It cannot escape our attention that as Christmas 2023 approaches, there is an unprecedented level of carnage and death of thousands of innocent children in the War being conducted in Gaza. Earlier this year, we also witnessed similar acts of violence, kidnapping and death directed…
The funeral service for the late Rev Canon Abner Powell, who died on November 23, 2023, will be held at St Luke’s Church, Cross Roads on Thursday, December 14 at 10 a.m. The viewing of the body will take place at All Saints Church, West Road on Wednesday, December 13 from 11 to 1 pm.…
For Immediate Release Sunday, October 22, 2023 Kingston, Jamaica: – St. Luke’s Church was honored to welcome Adrian Dunkley, Founder of StarApple AI, as the distinguished guest speaker for the annual St. Luke’s Lecture Series, held on October 18. The event was met with great enthusiasm both online and in the church, as Mr. Dunkley…
First Published on ACNS: October 11, 2023, The Most Revd Dr Howard Gregory, primate of West Indies, Speaks during the 2022 Lambeth Conference in the United KingdomPhoto Credit: Richard Washbrooke for The Lambeth Conference The Most Revd Howard Gregory, Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, will be conferred…
1824-2024 Q: What is a Diocese? A: In the Anglican Church, a Diocese is a territorial/geographical area that is administered by a Bishop. Initially known as The Diocese of Jamaica, the title was amended to include “and the Cayman Islands” which came under the jurisdiction of Jamaica in the 1960’s and which had a growing Anglican population. Q: When was the…
ARTICLE COURTESY OF churchofengland.org PUBLISHED 21 JUNE, 2023 A group of bishops from the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) are visiting Dioceses across England this week to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in the UK from the West Indies. Led by the Archbishop of…
News Story For Immediate Release Commemoration of the inaugural voyage of the HMT Empire Windrush which began with a Service at the Kingston Parish Church on May 24 – the date on which the vessel sailed from Kingston in 1948, culminates with a National Service of Thanksgiving on Thursday, June 22 at Southwark Cathedral,…
The Family of the Late Bishop Alfred Reid and the St. Barnabas Cure of Anglican Churches, Manchester have established a scholarship in his honour. This scholarship is tenable at Church Teachers’ College, Mandeville, Manchester to pursue studies in History. Interested Anglican students are invited to apply to: Church Teachers’ College 40 Manchester Road Mandeville, Manchester…
A National Service commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the departure of The Empire Windrush for Britain in 1948 will be held at the Kingston Parish Church, South Parade, on Wednesday, May 24 at 10.00 am. The Service at which the Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, The Most…
April 21, 2023 HOUSING BENEFITS FOR RETIRED CLERGY & CHURCH WORKERS I am pleased to advise that retired clergy and church workers may now access financial assistance for housing from the Farquharson Jamaica Trust Fund which was established following the sale of Farquharson House in 2018. Beneficiaries identified in the Trust Deed include: All applications must be made by the Clergy or…
152nd Annual Synod of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands held in the St. James Parish Church, Montego Bay April 11, 2023 Theme: A Renewed Church for a Time of Critical Social Change Nehemiah 2:17-18 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates…