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Diocesan Synod Synthesis
Introduction “Synodality is not so much an event or a slogan, as a style and a way of being by which the Church lives out her mission in the world. The mission of the Church requires the entire People of…
The Domestic Church
In 1981 Pope John Paul II wrote an Apostolic Exhortation, Familiaris Consortio (The Fellowship of the Family) subtitled “On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World”. In this exhortation Pope John Paul II placed the family, quite…
Catholic Community of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis
Introduction The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is home to seven (7) Catholic Churches – four in St. Kitts (Immaculate Conception Co-Cathedral; Holy Family; St. Joseph; and Sacred Heart); and three in Nevis (St. Theresa; Immaculate Heart of Mary;…
History on St Ursula Catholic Church and Catholicism on Virgin Gorda
In 1987 an agreement was launched between the St. Williams Church of Tortola (Fr. Whyte) and the St Mary’s Anglican Church of Virgin Gorda that a Priest will visit on a Sunday and host a Mass for the Catholics on…
The Church in the British Virgin Islands (Tortola)
It is probable, though not recorded, that a Catholic Priest first set foot on Tortola somewhere around the year 1670 when the French occupied the island for a short time. The English first claimed the island in 1628, but the…
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN MONTSERRAT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND It is known that the first Catholics were in Montserrat by 1632-33. It is very much disputed as to where these early Catholics worshipped. Some persons believe the ancient ruins at “Galways’” estate in the South, with its…
The Inception of St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church – Anguilla
In 1966 a small, picturesque, newly built Catholic church, was dedicated to St. Gerard. It was designed and constructed by Belgian priest, Fr. Strikers. An account of the construction of St. Gerard’s church according to Bernadette Watty Richardson, (Dolly), daughter…
SEEDS OF FAITH: Scattered and Sown
The History of Catholicism in Antigua Even though the first Europeans to visit these shores named Antigua after the Cathedral of Santa de Maria in Spain, the establishment of the Catholic Church in Antigua was born out of much travail…
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