East End Stages Traditional Walk To Calvary

East End residents followed in the footsteps of Jesus Christ on Good Friday [Apr. 6], with congregations from the various St. George’s churches staging their annual reenactment of the Easter story. Hundreds of onlookers turned up for the interdenominational event which recreates Jesus’ walk to Calvary for his crucifixion. The walk included stops at Ebenezer [...]

Video: Bermuda’s Role In Islamic Finance

Business Bermuda CEO Cheryl Packwood explains why the island is poised to play “a vital role” in Islamic Finance in this interview shot at a major regional conference in Bahrain last November. At the time, Ms Packwood [pictured] told the “Gulf Daily News” she has already committed to coming back to the country’s next World Islamic Banking Conference – and hoped to [...]

Bermuda’s Easter Kite-Flying Tradition

Easter in Bermuda, as in many places, is celebrated with church services, egg hunts, and festive meals. But what makes Bermuda’s Easter observation unique is the tradition of kite flying on Good Friday. In a report for the island’s schools compiled by the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs, it’s noted how most Bermuda families [...]

Bermuda’s Only Papal Visit In 1968

Almost ten percent of Bermuda’s population descended on the airport on August 24, 1968 to greet Pope Paul VI when he made a brief stopover on the island after visiting Colombia. The pontiff’s three-hour layover here marked the island’s only papal visit to date. Between four and five thousand locals jammed the airport to greet [...]

St. Peter’s To Hold 400th Anniversary Exhibit

St. Peter’s Church celebrates its fourth century as the oldest continuously used Anglican church in the Western hemisphere this year and is seeking  memorabilia, paintings, photographs, letters, postcards and souvenirs for a forthcoming exhibit chronicling its long history An exhibition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the St. George’s church and the Jubilee Honour bestowed by [...]

Islamic Finance Assets Continue To Grow

As Bermuda continues to position itself as a hub for Sharia-compliant business, a new report from the UK Islamic Finance Secretariat [UKIFS] indicates that Islamic finance assets worldwide continued a long run of growth to reach an estimated $1.3 trillion in 2011 — 150 per cent up over the previous five years. Despite political unrest [...]

A.M.E. Church Celebrates Historic Conference

The 126th Session of the East/West District of the Bermuda Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church ended with a resounding success last weekend at the Fairmont Southampton. The Conference, hosted by the Presiding Elder the Rev. Betty Furbert – Woolridge and the Bermuda A.M.E. Ministerial Alliance, was officially convened on March 8th with [...]

St Peter’s Church Offers Students Wi-Fi

St Peter’s Church in St George’s is offering a modern technological twist on the concept of opening their doors to the needy, with the 400-year-old Church offering free wifi access to students off visiting sailboats this past Sunday. Over the weekend, students from visiting sailing and training boats could be seen sitting on the Church’s [...]

Second Nomination For Bermudian’s Novel

“Yesterday’s Tomorrow”,  the debut novel about debut 2011 romantic novel about love and war by Bermudian author Catherine West [pictured], has been nominated for a second international award for Christian-themed literature. On Saturday [Mar.3] the Grace Awards announced Ms West’s novel about a woman journalist covering the Viet Nam War who teams with a silent, brooding photographer with something [...]

Interfaith Seminar On Social Peace

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bermuda, in collaboration with the Anglican Church and CURB [Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda], is organising a faith-based symposium on the subject of “Social Peace” scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 10 from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI]. This faith-based symposium is a [...]

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