6 Mar 2021 14h37
BHAWNA ATMARAM
As we celebrate yet another annual edition of International Womenâs Day on March 8, it is the occasion to reflect on how far women have come as well as what else needs to be done to further ensure gender parity in the world. From lack of educational, economic and political opportunities to being more likely to fall prey to domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse, human trafficking, female genital mutilation, child marriage, maternal death due to complicated childbirth, lower paid jobs, shouldering accrued domestic mental load among others, it has hardly been a walk in the park for women in the history of humankind. Bridging the gender gap has been the uphill struggle for both men and women who wish to see equality firmly etched in the global foundations for the welfare of our future generations. It is inconceivable that women still need to demand equivalent consideration. Taboos such as period shame or female foeticide are still very much
Rev Larius Lewis
The Anglican Church community in Jamaica has been rocked by the murder of one their priests in Chapelton, Clarendon.
The deceased has been identified as 36-year-old Larius Lewis.
His body, with its hand and feet reportedly bound, was found on Friday by church officials at St Paul s Anglican Church rectory in Chapelton.
He was assigned to the church there.
It is not yet clear what has been theorised by investigators probing the development.
The shocking discovery was less than a day after a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier was shot dead by gunmen during a joint police/military anti-drug operation in Milk River in the parish.
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Reverend Toluwani Adefusi is one of the youngest priests in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and currently serving at St James Anglican Church, Itaogbolu, Akure North Local Government, Ondo State. In this interview with SEYI SOKOYA, speaks about responsibilities of the younger generation towards the growth of the church, among other issues.
You are one of the youngest priests in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion); how has life been as
a cleric in the vineyard?
It might be truly correct that I am one of the youngest priests in the Church of the Nigeria (Anglican Communion). I started as a church agent in the diocese of Oke-Osun under the retired Right Reverend Abraham Akinlalu. He brought me to the church to serve at age 17, at Ikirin-Ajinkiri, under now retired Venerable Isaiah Idowu. In that parish, I was his assistant; it was from that church I began to learn how to speak Yoruba. I found it so hard to speak Yoruba, and I couldn’t communicate effectivel
Greta Claringbould (L), Maartje Sevenster (R), with Rachel Walker on viola da gamba and Peter Young playing the organ/harpsichord and directing. Photo: Peter Hislop.
Music / “Il Divino Claudio – The Magic of Monteverdi”, Adhoc Baroque. St Paul’s Anglican Church, Manuka. February 14. Reviewed by
ROB KENNEDY.
ADHOC Baroque last performed in public in December 2019, but even through a forced lockdown and a pandemic, the quality of this small group hasn’t been affected.
In this “return” concert, the music of Monteverdi, Leonarda, Cesti and Quinciani featured. The performers were Greta Claringbould, soprano, Maartje Sevenster, mezzo-soprano, Rachel Walker, viola da gamba and Peter Young playing the organ/harpsichord and directing.
The history of Greek schools in Melbourne starts almost a whole century ago. One of the first Greek schools established in Melbourne can be traced back in writing to 1921, …