In the New Testament, we read of Jesus’s Resurrection; and then we read that approximately 50 days later there came a powerful in-dwelling of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’s disciples on a day known as Pentecost.
St. Thomas resident Chelcie Porter and her team of artists will be transforming an African homestead in Kenya with murals reflecting the heritage and culture of the local tribe. The project is a part of the La Casa de la Artista program, using art as education and therapy for youth all over …
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Latino Men Read Aloud, hosted by Alfredo Andrews Elementary School’s English as a Second Language (ESL) department, invited prominent local Latino men to read to students and encourage them to excel.
A delegation of mental health practitioners from St. Croix’s Island Therapy Solutions was hosted by Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda earlier this month to deliver mental health wellness workshops.
My intention is not to decry, but if it appears so inadvertently, do believe me when I say that I mean to speak as a preacher ought: never with narrow-minded particularity but instead, prophetically, reflecting on the state of humankind, including you and me.
Many Christians are guided in Sunday worship by some version of a Revised Common Lectionary, which have nearly universal appeal and applicability. Here is a three-part sampling of the texts for this weekend.
Prayers for a bright year
Schneider Hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) received generous gifts from the Miracle Babies Support Foundation. The foundation donated a continuous positive airway pressure machine as well as breast pump kits.
Dear Savvy Senior,
Antilles School usually staggers its first days over the course of a week, but Head of School Liz Morrison decided to set the tone this year with an all-school event that allowed families to start the year together.
Project Promise’s Caterpillar Project students presented one local family with a number of items for their household recently.
Donation adds up to math lab
What a marvelous coincidence that the 13th Sunday after Pentecost this year comes on the eve of Labor Day, for in the lections for this Sunday, we find much ado about labor and especially laboring zeal, that is, about exulting as we put our shoulders to the proverbial wheel, as a preferred a…
Each August for the past decade, employees of The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas have come together to collect school supplies for students in need, having donated more than 650 backpacks over the years.
On the weekend of Aug. 19 to 20, Aurora Rodriguez of St. Thomas joined more than 280 children in The Copa Chocolate in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. Boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 11 competed in the first of a series of ski races that will continue in San Martín de los Andes …
MIAMI — The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation is awarding more than $130,000 worth of scholarships to nearly three dozen Caribbean students this year, including the Virgin Islands.
Before sampling the theological wisdom and divine guidance for daily living to be found in the Revised Common Lectionary’s suggested biblical readings for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, it behooves us to consider briefly the contextualization afforded us in “the other 3:16-17” as well.
School uniform drive
During the 2016-17 school year, parents in the St. Croix District acquired valuable skills in raising their children to become productive and loyal citizens.
The Education Department, State Office of Curriculum and Instruction, advises the public of the rules and regulations regarding home instruction according to Title 12 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 9, Section 84 and the Virgin Islands Board of Education’s Home Education Policy, amended April 2…
Fresh fruit, veggies available under nutrition program
Class of ‘83 glows
Sponsored by First Bank VI, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands hosted its annual awards reception recently to honor its donors, community partners, scholarship recipients and grantees.
V.I. Carnival Committee relocating office: The Virgin Islands Carnival Committee announces that its office at 2312 Kronprindsens Gade, St. Thomas, is permanently closed, pending relocation to 34-A-1 Hospital Gade (Mannos Building). To contact the Carnival Committee, call 340-776-3112 or emai…
The Human Services Department Head Start Program Invites Parents to the 2017 Parent Orientation Expo!
The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is accepting applications for the Next Generation Scholars Program, a college access program for first-generation college-bound students enrolled in public schools on St. Thomas.
Five restaurants in Coral Bay have joined forces with the Coral Bay Community Council to demonstrate that there are practical alternatives to single-use plastic and Styrofoam.
Limetree Bay Terminals has awarded scholarships to 17 2017 graduates of Virgin Islands high schools to assist them in their pursuit of a degree at an accredited U.S. college or university.
Carrine Todman-Lewis was conferred a Doctor of Business Administration degree specializing in Leadership from Walden University. Her research entailed exploring strategies used by tourism and hospitality leaders for crisis preparedness of U.S.-based travel destinations.
Janlyn Hendricks of St. Croix has been named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Becker College in Worcester, Mass.
The eighth-annual King of the Wing contest donated $60,994.56 to Junior Achievement of the Virgin Islands at a check presentation at the Turnbull Regional Library on St. Thomas.
The Green Team recently held an event at Crown Bay on St. Thomas to make signs to gently remind everyone to keep the island beautiful. Signs include phrases like, “Every Litter Bit Hurts,” “Spread Love not Trash” and “Keep our VI Nice.” The Green Team hopes that the signs will be approved by…
Baha’i Community to host presentation on teachings
Aug.15 is the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin, and although the etymology of the word “adore” raises the idea of prayers (in light of the derivation of “ore” in “adore” from the Latin “orare,” meaning “to pray”), many Christians in our post-Reformation era insist should be directed solely to th…
More than 100 archaeologists will convene on St. Croix on Monday for the 27th biennial Congress of the International Associations for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA).
Changing of the guard
Dr. Douglas Belton, back row, fourth from right, and Dr. Ruby Belton, seated left, co-founders of the Physicians and Laypersons Educational Associates of Greater Rochester, N.Y., held a free breast cancer symposium on June 15 at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas. Topics included types of breast i…
Lorenzo Donastorg earns
A presentation and discussion co-hosted by Antilles School will soon give St. Thomas residents the chance to “talk trash” with Allison Fraley, Solid Waste Program Development coordinator for Kauai County in Hawaii.
A working group of Humane Society of St. Thomas and Lucky Paws Foundation board members met on June 29 to jump-start a new collaboration between the two organizations to address the islandwide crisis of animal homelessness.
Rotary honors Paul Harris Fellows
Lutheran Social Services of the Virgin Islands raised $22,000 at its 18th annual Kayak for Kids event on June 11, thanks to area sponsors, paddlers and volunteers. Kayakers and stand-up paddle boarders navigated from Cane Bay Beach to Fort Frederik Beach on St. Croix. The money they raised w…
Jane E. Tuitt Elementary students got an extra treat at their graduation June 20 when members of the Rotary Sunrise Club and representatives from AT&T presented them with books to encourage them to read over the summer holiday.
Members of the Ulla F. Muller Panatics perform recently at King Airport on St. Thomas. Front row are tenors Jahaida Hanley, Amyia Greaves and A’Jahnique Warner and double tenor Jiovanni Hodge. Second row are Gabriel Simon and T’Moi Lettsome on guitar and Annelise Morciglio and Aliana Herbert…
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Principal Symra Dee Brown and the Ulla F. Muller Elementary School hosted Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty on May 31 for the school’s annual Tourism Day celebration. The special event saw the Muller campus transformed into exciting tourist destinations around St. Thomas.
Local bandmates of the group Lourdes & the Switch, lead singer Lourdes Aquila and bass player Nathan McGlone, tied the knot May 31 on St. Thomas.
Raffle organizers on Tortola didn’t have to wait long to meet the lucky holder of ticket No. 1214.
Nathan Meersman, All Saints Cathedral School alumnus, earned his bachelor of science degree in environmental engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute on May 13. Nathan has started a full-time position with Pare Corporation at their Rhode Island office as engineer in their Environment…
CANCRYN FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT DELIGHTS AUDIENCE WITH A NIGHT OF SPECTACULAR MUSIC
Addelita Cancryn Junior High School closed out another year of its Cancryn Oral Reading Exchange (CORE) program with a Book Parade on May 26.