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…

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…

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…

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…

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…