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Cathedral Sunday – 150th Anniversary

Cathedral Sunday – Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Jamaica Theme: “Assessing the Past, Contemplating the Present, Strategizing for the Future” It has become the tradition of recent years that, on the afternoon of the last Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year celebrated as the Feast of Christ the…

Rev. Canon Ernle Gordon Dies

The Rev. Canon Ernle Gordon, one of the Anglican Church’s prominent and at times, controversial priests, has died at the age of 82.  Ordained a priest in 1968, he spent most of his ministry as Rector of St. Mary the Virgin Church, Maverley, serving there from 1972 until his retirement in 2012. He was installed…

Pentecost (Season) Homily with Archbishop Gregory

Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily Feast of Christ the King Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily 24th Sunday after Pentecost Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily for All Saints Day (22nd Sunday after Pentecost) Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost Archbishop Howard Gregory Homily for…

Robert McLean Thompson – Born to Minister

The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, who retires in August after 47 years of Ministry, declares that his decision to pursue his lifelong vocation in the Church was made for him by God. The Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, who was ordained a Deacon at age 24, admits that: “There were times when I said, this is…

Tribute to Oliver Clarke

The Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands joins with the countless institutions and Individuals who are paying tribute to the late Oliver Fredrick Clarke. Read More below…

The Anglican (Newspaper)

The Anglican is a Publication of The Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands. SPRING 2025https://indd.adobe.com/view/cb8728e6-63e4-45da-81df-4765487a884f SPECIAL EDITIONhttps://indd.adobe.com/view/cb8728e6-63e4-45da-81df-4765487a884f READ ONLINE READ IT ONLINEDOWN THE PDF HEREhttp://www.anglicandioceseja.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/THE-ANGLICAN_APR2024_LTRSZ.pdf The Anglican – READ ONLINE The Anglican – PDF

The Eucharist in a time of Physical Distancing

london.anglican.org/articles/the-eucharist-in-a-time-of-physical-distancing/March 31, 2020Communications A paper from the London College of Bishops: Since the earliest days of the Church, Christians have gathered together to bless, break and share bread and to bless and share a cup of wine in obedience to the Lord’s command, given on the night before He died, to ‘do this in remembrance…

Howard Gregory

COVID-19 – A Call for Reflection says, Archbishop Gregory

The Most Rev. Howard Gregory, Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands, says that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) presents an inescapable call for citizens to reflect on how their life and that of the Jamaican society are structured, and how this impacts the life of the most vulnerable among us.…