Education Summit for Vicariate

The Vicariate gathered yesterday for an Education Summit here at St Marys, Above Rocks. This first for the eleven All Age, Prep and Primary Schools for St Catherine Episcopal Vicariate brought together pastors, principals and board chairs to discuss how our schools are: prophet, priest and king. Under the Archdiocese's Catholic Schools Initiative we are attempting to re-claim our Catholic Schools... In the Vicariate we serve approximately 6,400 students while only 3.4% are Catholic. The day allowed pastors, principals and board chairs to strategize how their school can be prophet, priest and king: proclaiming the Word, sanctifying and providing out reach.

St Helen's Linstead and Donnington in the foreground.

Good Shepherd and Port Henderson in the back.

Msgr Richard Albert works with the Spanish Town contingent.

Called By Name

Our Gospel on this 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time focused on the call of Matthew, the tax collector. During Eucharist today at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Pinto, 7 members were called by name to celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism. The Lord calls people at every age. Miss Avis is 88 (above right) and little Keanu is 5 months. The other 5 were ages 10-13. Shamar(left) is baptised in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Newly baptised Chantelle picks mangos for her guests with her bamboo stick.

It's Mango (n., mahn - go) Season

In Jamaica it's now mango season...with it come flies - says the locals. Here you'll see Corridous pick one off the tree with a long bamboo, then the CUA student's devouring them as quick as we can pick them!




The mango is native to southern Asia, especially Burma and eastern India. It spread early on to Malaya, eastern Asia and eastern Africa. Mangos were introduced to California (Santa Barbara) in 1880. The mango exists in two races, one from India and the other from the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The Indian race is intolerant of humidity, has flushes of bright red new growth that are subject to mildew, and bears monoembryonic fruit of high color and regular form. The Philippine race tolerates excess moisture, has pale green or red new growth and resists mildew. Its polyembryonic fruit is pale green and elongated kidney-shaped. Philippines types from Mexico have proven to be the hardiest mangos in California.

C U A Mission Trip '08

Eleven students from The Catholic University of America (CUA) with one of their Campus Ministers (our own) Fr Brad Heckathorne visited the Mission for two weeks. A slide show of their time will be posted soon. Here they pose in Morant Bay for a picture while attending the Archdiocesan Youth Rally at Assumption Church, Morant Bay, St Thomas.