Latest update November 15th, 2024 1:00 AM
142nd Anglican Synod opens in Guyana
The 142nd Session of Synod of the Anglican Diocese is underway in Guyana. The highest decision- making forum of the Anglican Church in Guyana got underway with a Grand Pontifical Mass at St. George’s Cathedral on Sunday.
Anglican Bishop Moss and other priests during the Synod Mass on Sunday
One of the issues expected to come to the floor during the four- day session is the ordination and acceptance of women in the Anglican priesthood. Guyana is the only Diocese in the Caribbean that has held back on this issue, barring women from the Anglican priesthood.
The service on Sunday was attended by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds; Chancellor of the Diocese, Madame, Justice Desiree Bernard, O.R.; priests and deacons of the Anglican Church in Guyana; and special guest of honour, Reverend Canon Dr. John Twistleton, Rector of St. Giles Parish, Horstead Keynes, U.K. (Bishop’s United Kingdom Commissary).
The Chief Celebrant in the Mass was Anglican Bishop of Guyana, Right Reverend Cornell Jerome Moss, D.D, assisted by The Very Reverend Paul Andrew Carto, Dean of Georgetown and Rector of St. George’s Cathedral.
The meeting sessions of the four-day activity conclude tomorrow at the Regency Suites in Georgetown. Parishes from across the country have sent representatives to the event where important matters of the church will be discussed.
In his message to the hundreds that packed the St. George’s Cathedral in Georgetown, Bishop Moss talked about the challenging times that the church faces in Guyana. “This is the age when we live on the edge …and interactions have been replaced by mobile phones and by texting,” he noted.
The Anglican leader stated that the Holy Spirit is challenging the faithful to be a church and an agent of transformation in the homes, schools, youth groups, work places, “change for the world— He [the Spirit] is calling the church to be a servant church, where we address the needs of humankind in practical ways…”
The renewal of the church in the Diocese is possible, he added. He prayed that the 142nd Synod “will result in a renewed desire…that we will muster the credibility and courage to join our hands with all people of goodwill to positively impact society—with a reaffirmation of the dignity of all human beings…pray with me that in our personal lives, we will make the connection between what we believe in our heads and what we believe in our hearts.” (Leon Suseran)
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
The Jagdeo Jig!
…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has become master of sidestepping, shuffling, and even pirouetting... more
Rising Gun Crimes in the Caribbean: Urgent Action required by all
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
Weekend Cartoon
