Search results for : Churches
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 'Diplomatic Week' Begins with Commemorative Church Service
This morning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started Diplomatic Week with a church service at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. In attendance were members of the Bahamian and Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Corps.
Grace Community Church responds to UB on Pride Week
Grace Community Church responds to UB on Pride Week
Dear Editor, We were deeply saddened and disappointed by the statements offered by the Office of University Relations concerning the Bahamas Christian Council's appeal "to cancel the hosting of this event by this special interest group and return the university back to the basic tenets of standard education and the decency of higher learning". The university's ...
The post Grace Community Church r...
Mexico Church: Ten Dead After Roof Collapse
Mexico Church: Ten Dead After Roof Collapse
MEXICO - A church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in a northern Mexican City killing at least 10 people and injuring 40, with another 30 people believed to be trapped under the debris.
Local Church Recognizes 30 Nurses
Local Church Recognizes 30 Nurses
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Bahamas Harvest Church carving time out this week to honor 30 nurses in the public healthcare system.
Bahamas Harvest Church Hosts Nurses Recognition Luncheon
“We will do all we can”, was the charge to nurses from Dr. Aubynette Rolle, Managing Director of the Public Hospitals Authority, during a luncheon in the nurses' honour.
CHURCH PROTESTS PRIDE EVENT AT UB...but the university declares it is free of 'undue influence'
CHURCH PROTESTS PRIDE EVENT AT UB...but the university declares it is free of 'undue influence'
THE University of the Bahamas declared its independence from "undue influence" yesterday after the Bahamas Christian Council protested an LGBT-related event planned for this month.
The Catholic Church and the Haitian political saga
The Catholic Church and the Haitian political saga
Jean H. Charles
To eavesdrop on the locals and gauge the situation on the ground, instead of travelling by plane, I took the long road by bus from Port-au-Prince to the north of Haiti towards the city of Cape Haitian. My final destination being my hometown, the city of Grand River, where the feast of St Rose was taking place on August 30.
Grand River is located 24 kilometers from Cape Haitian, th...
Catholic Church employees robbed outside cathedral
Catholic Church employees robbed outside cathedral
By KRYSTEL ROLLE
Guardian Staff Reporter
krystel@nasguard.com
A gunman held up two employees of the Archdiocese of Nassau(Roman Catholic)just outside the gates of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on Tuesday-the first of six armed robberies reported on that day.
Archbishop Patrick Pinder toldThe Nassau Guardianyesterday that the two victims are employed with the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, commonly ...
The music of the church
The music of the church
By CHAKARA BENNETT
Guardian Intern
Concert or Church Service?This is the thought that went through Adrienna Bodie's mind when she visited a friend's church for the first time a few weeks ago. The 37-year-old says that she is accustomed to different ways of doing things at different churches, and she has always been open-minded when attending other places of worship, but what she saw on Sunday, Au...
The music of the church
The music of the church
By CHAKARA BENNETT
Guardian Intern
Concert or Church Service?This is the thought that went through Adrienna Bodie's mind when she visited a friend's church for the first time a few weeks ago. The 37-year-old says that she is accustomed to different ways of doing things at different churches, and she has always been open-minded when attending other places of worship, but what she saw on Sunday, Aug...