SEPTEMBER 28

Pray for St. Matthew’s churches in: Allman Town             Whitson Williams Aenon Town               Vacant Boscobel                    Ransford Taylor-Younge, Ivan Ferguson Catadupa                     Don Lewis, Cleve Llewlyn, Melvin Newsome Claremont                  Icilda McDonald Jack’s Hill                  Michael Allen, Byron Allen, Seymour Blackwood, Veront  Satchell Jackson Town            Alwyn Hall, Errol Dyer Mount Herman          Sedley Gooden Mt. Moorland            Collin Reid, Beverley Poinsett Orange Grove            Milton Russell, Beulah Rowe Santa …

SEPTEMBER 21

St. Cyprian’s churches in: August Town              Franklyn Jackson, Ralston Smith. Highgate                     Patrick Joseph, Seymour Hutchinson, Rita White   Holy Cross Mission Mt. Salem                    Andrew Reid, Melvorn Stewart     Director of the Hillcrest Retreat Centre – Rev. Khaliah Kinkead Diocesan Training Officer – Rev. Canon Georgia Jervis. Director of Schools – Mrs. Gloria …

SEPTEMBER 14

Pray for Anglican Chaplains – Stephanie Warner, Alvin Stone, Edward Jennings, Norma Thompson, Melvin Carey, Denston Smalling, Patricia Johnson, Melvorn Stewart, Leslie HooSang, Carlton Tulloch and all Volunteer Chaplains.

SEPTEMBER 7

Church of Reconciliation, Portmore                     Robert McLean, Miranda Sutherland, Molly Walton   Pray for School Principals, staff and students of Anglican Secondary and Preparatory Schools Pray for Bishops of the Province who are, during this week, attending a Retreat in Florida.

First Diocesan Music Camp A Big Success

“I am taken aback by the quality of presentations we have achieved in two weeks,” the Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory, stated following an afternoon of exciting and entertaining performances by youngsters who participated in the Diocese’s first Summer Music Camp. “Many parents …

Church of England says yes to women bishops

By ACNS staff. Reference: http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2014/07/church-of-england-says-yes-to-women-bishops.aspx Women can now become bishops following an historic vote by the Church of England’s General Synod today. Following a day of debate at the General Synod meeting in York on the issue of women in the episcopate, at least two thirds majority of each house – laity, …

Justice Zaila McCalla Is New Chancellor

The Hon. Mrs. Justice Zaila McCalla, Chief Justice of Jamaica, has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands. She succeeds the Hon. Mr. Justice Lensley Wolfe, former Chief Justice, who demitted office earlier this year after serving for 18 years. Mrs. Justice McCalla’s appointment, …

Three Priests and a Deacon Ordained

Three new Priests and a Deacon, who were ordained at the Spanish Town  Cathedral on Sunday, June 29, are joined by Bishops of the Diocese following the Service. From left are: The Rt. Rev. Harold Daniel, Retired Suffragan Bishop of Mandeville; The Rt. Rev. & Hon. Alfred Reid, Retired Bishop …

SERMON BY THE REV. MICHAEL ALLEN

AT THE ORDINATION SERVICE AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA, SPANISH TOWN SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014 Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may …