By: Ottrisha Carter The Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today (CTCT) hosted an online conversation between one of its founders, Msgr. Patrick ‘PABA’ Anthony and an executive member, Dr. Adanna James, on April 20th, 2023. As the CTCT prepares to host this year’s conference from June 26th – 30th, in Grenada, Msgr. Anthony took viewers down memory lane. To begin, Msgr. Anthony shared that after the closure of the…Keep Reading
The Catholic Church in Grenada rejoices in the election of Bro. BARRY NOEL, a son of Grenada, as the new Congregational leader(Superior General) of the Presentation Brothers. He I’d the first Grenadian to lead an international congregation in the Catholic Church. The Brothers have run schools in Grenada, Trinidad and St.Lucia as well as in Ireland, USA Africa and Canada. As in Grenada they continue to make an outstanding contribution…Keep Reading
Becoming a Synodal Church is the mandate of the Church in the AEC region. At the 67th AnnualPlenary Meeting, held April 23-28, 2023 in Aruba, the AEC Bishops committed to transform thechurch at every level to reflect the call to synodality by Pope Francis. This commitment to walktogether shaped both the agenda and the approach of the entire meeting where Sexual Abuse,Crime and Violence, and Solidarity with Haiti were discussed….Keep Reading
Bishop Clyde Martin Harvey and the Diocese of St. George’s in Grenada, thanks the Minister of Infrastructure and Prime Minister, the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, the Minister of Implementation and Transformation, the Hon. Andy Williams, the Parliamentary Representative for St. Andrew South West the Hon. Lennox Andrews, the Permanent Secretaries, public servants and faithful citizens who contributed to the safe demolition of the Old R.C. Church at Grenville that partially collapsed…Keep Reading
December 19th 2022 will make it 25 years since our beloved parish priest Fr. Edward Conlon suddenly passed away. Even if it has been 25 years his memory is still alive in the hearts and mind of the parishioners of St. Martin De Porres (Crochu) and St. Joseph’s (Pomme Rose) Catholic churches. Father Ed as he was commonly known came to Grenada in 1982, a native from Cincinnati, Ohio. He…Keep Reading
“Enlarge the Space of Your Tent” is the title of the document issued on October 27, to mark the Continental Stage of the current Synod of Bishops 2021 – 24. It is taken from Chapter 4, verse 2 of the Prophet Isaiah. The whole verse reads “Enlarge the space of your tent, stretch out your hangings, freely, lengthen your ropes, make your pegs firm”. The verse evokes the image of…Keep Reading
The 47th Anniversary of Grenada’s Independence seems like a good time to reflect on what we might refer to as “our politics.” As a nation we must never forget that our politics were sometimes violent and that old enmities still persist. Issues from the past still haunt us and we have not yet succeeded in building consensus around a vision for the future based on the talents and abilities of…Keep Reading
Last year, around this time, we wrote Shepherd’s Voice thinking that we were headed into our normal Lenten observances. COVID-19 changed all that. Will there be a COVID 21? Last year, the only response that I heard in the midst of COVID was quite simply, “I don’t know”. Even as we are awaiting a vaccine that is supposed to be a great liberating help, I am moved to make…Keep Reading
The Pastoral Congress follow up meeting held at the Grenada Trade Centre Annex on Saturday February 13th has been labelled a tremendous success. The exercise provided a platform for updates on progress made by the various parishes, following the hosting of the Diocesan Pastoral Congress in July 2020. Bishop Clyde Martin Harvey in his welcome remarks encouraged members of the various parish councils in the diocese, to hear the challenge…Keep Reading
Interestingly, I had jotted down some points on the above-named topic when I got the inspiration. As far as I know I secured the paper with the jottings but when I was ready to expand on them, the paper was not found. So, in writing about New Beginnings, I actually had to make a new beginning on the topic. What is a new beginning? It is new when done for…Keep Reading
COSince February 2020, almost five hundred thousand persons have died in the United States as a result of infection with the SARS Coronavirus-2. Imagine, the entire population of Grenada would have been obliterated four times! This highly contagious and deadly virus, was identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, riveted like flames in bramble on a windy day. Within a few weeks the World Health Organisation had declared a pandemic….Keep Reading
