{"id":50380,"date":"2025-10-31T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/?page_id=50133"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:00:00","slug":"hurricane-melissa-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/hurricane-melissa-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"HURRICANE MELISSA 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My Sisters & Brothers in Christ!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our nation and the Diocese continue to come to grips with the magnitude of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Melissa, especially in central and western Jamaica. We offer our prayers and full support to the thousands of people affected by this disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports to date indicate that four Churches in our Diocese \u2013 St. John\u2019s, Black River; St. Thomas, Lacovia;
St. Luke\u2019s, Balaclava, all in St. Elizabeth; and St. Thomas, in Bluefields, Westmoreland, have been destroyed. Other Churches and Diocesan property, including some schools, in St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, Westmoreland, Manchester, St. James, St. Ann, and Portland, have lost roofs or suffered varying degrees of damage…<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

READ MORE HERE<\/a> From Bishop Leon Golding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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BLUEFIELDS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CHRIST CHURCH, CHRISTIANA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CHRIST CHURCH, MARLEY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CLIFTON BOYS HOMES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GILNOCK, ST ELIZABETH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HOLY TRINITY, GRANGE HILL, GORDON HALL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HOLY TRINITY, WHITEHALL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LACOVIA, ST ELIZABETH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LUCEA, HANOVER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. SIMON & ST. JUDES, EWARTON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. BARNABAS, GEORGES PLAIN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. JAMES MISSION, NEW ROADS WESTMORELAND<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. JOHN’S, BLACK RIVER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HOLY TRINITY, GRANGE HILL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, LEEDS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. AUGUSTINE, MOUNTAINSIDE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. GEORGE’S, SAVANNA LA MAR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. PETERS, PETERSFIELD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. PETERS, PETERSFIELD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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St Jude’s, Battersea.
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ST. LUKE’S, BALACLAVA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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St Stephen’s Chantilly. (Porus Cure)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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St. Phillip’s Niagara, St. James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. STEPHEN’S, CAMBRIDGE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ST. STEPHEN’S, CAMBRIDGE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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