Did you Know? (Sunday, May 22, 2022)
Thursday of this week is Ascension Day. The statue in the All Souls’ Chapel commemorates this Feast. The statue is called Christ Ascending. It was made by Laura Facey-Cooper, and […]
Anglican Church in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands. Established 1664.
Thursday of this week is Ascension Day. The statue in the All Souls’ Chapel commemorates this Feast. The statue is called Christ Ascending. It was made by Laura Facey-Cooper, and […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is a state of well-being in which we realise our own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work […]
Mother’s Day has its origins in the Christian celebration of Mothering Sunday, observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent. The contemporary observation of Mother’s Day has its origins in America […]
Throughout Eastertide, Anglicans take a break from reading a text from the Old Testament at Masses (and at Morning Prayer on Sundays). Instead, we read from Acts of the Apostles, […]
The word “suffragan” is from medieval Latin suffraganeus meaning “assistant (bishop).” As such, a Suffragan Bishop has no jurisdiction but performs episcopal functions for or on behalf of a Diocesan […]
The date for Easter is not fixed. It moves every year. For this reason the earliest Christians celebrated the Lord’s resurrection on different days. The church has always maintained a […]
The collect for Palm Sunday dates back to the second oldest liturgical book in the Christian West, the Gelasian Sacramentary (8th century). Archbishop Cranmer made some alterations to the collect […]
A common devotional practice during Lent is known as “The Stations of the Cross.” The practice began in the 1500s and was popularised by the Franciscans. The exercise helps participants […]
Today, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, goes by several other names, including Laetre Sunday, mothering Sunday and Refreshment Sunday. Traditionally, it was also a time when people would visit the […]
Almsgiving or works of charity is closely associated with Lent. This is suggested in the proper preface for Lent on page 128 of our BCP. There, reference is made to […]