St. EZs News Issue I
May 2020
May the passion of Christ be ever in our hearts.
5 Ransford Avenue, Kingston 5 – Jamaica West Indies - In the Province of St. Paul of the Cross
Urel Wedderburn
Mr. Wedderburn will be celebrating his 102 birthday on Thursday, June 11, 2020. This is indeed a milestone.
We wish for him good health Left: With Pastor Rev. Fr. Richard Award CP. Right: With The Most Rev. Kenneth Richards DD, Archbishop of Kingston. Photos were taken at a Mass to celebrate his centenary which was held on Sunday, June 10, 2018
ST. ELIZABETH CELEBRATES 70 YEARS Did you know
Information provided by Deacon Peter Espeut
On August 22, 1943 Mass was celebrated at 8.30am by Fr. George M. Kilcoyne SJ, curate at Holy Cross, in a hired hall on Rousseau Road for the benefit and convenience of Holy Cross parishioners who were residents in the area. Interest in the mission increased; evening services began on October 10 and instruction classes on October 13. Early in March 1944 land was acquired at Ransford Avenue to build a temporary church and school, thanks to the zeal and generosity of George Norman Penso JP. Building operations began in the third week of April 1944 under Fr. Thomas D. Glavin SJ. It was formally declared open on September 24, 1944 by Bishop Thomas Addis Emmett SJ DD. The first Mass there was celebrated on September 25, 1944 at 7:00am with 300 in attendance. A new church was built in 1950; the blessing, dedication, and laying of the cornerstone took place on August 15, 1950 by the Rt. Rev. John Joseph McEleney SJ DD LL. .