Check Mate

Today St. Mary's College hosted various schools from Kingston in a chess tournament

Our students put up a good fight but fell just short of victory.

Christ The King Of The Harvest

This morning folllowing the 8:00am Mass, the members of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rock Hall, held their annual Harvest Festival. Prayers were offered in thanksgiving to the Lord for all the good things He has done. Various goods (passion fruit, oranges, cabbage, pumpkin, chocho, sugar cane, beans) and baked goods were on sale.

Wind Chill

Last night a "cold front" moved over Jamaica and the temps dipped to 65 - but with the wind chill factor it felt like 60! The students in Above Rocks were all bundled up this morning on their way to school. The friars also had their long trousers on. The sweaters that were sent from Saint Francis High School, Athol Springs and Saint Catherine's School Spring Lake sure did come in handy. Who knows, we might even get a snow day....

Psalm 121:8

"The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in." This school year has seen the addition of watchmen at the main gate of Saint Mary's. Jamaica has seen an increase of abductions of children as well as an increase of violence. To protect our children there is limited assess to the compound and the watchmen keep a sharp eye on all who come in and go out. We have been blessed up here in the mountains as we have not seen the violence that is common in Kingston

Here our workers construct the new Guard House at our main gate. We are grateful to our workers who are multi-talented!

During the day Marc, a trained tailor, keeps an eye on our front door while keeping his busy schedule. Marc sews vestments,makes school uniforms and keeps our visitor's hostel clean and in order.