It rained for thirteen consecutive days in St Lucia , enough to wash away any event. It rained every day of the Mission , January 4 to 13, yet Catholic Christians were not perturbed.

The crowds swelled each night. As one parishioner summed it all up, “it was a tremendous faith experience!” From missionary to parish priest, from organisers to the ordinary person, there was one voice, “the amazing faith of the people.”

Archbishop Kelvin Felix and Fr Patrick Woods, CSsR (Provincial Elect) seem well pleased with the mission. F John Murray, CSsR looks on.

Many of the clergy were also struck by the number of confessions, especially of young people, and by the quality of the confessions. The great Jubilee Mission has truly blazed a trail for the celebration of the golden jubilee of the diocese of Castries in 2006.

The mission will be followed by the launching of the Stewardship and Parish Revitalisation Process during Lent 2005. This is indeed a moment of renewal and spiritual awakening for the archdiocese.

The objective of the Mission for the Great Jubilee 2006 is - profound Spiritual Renewal of the entire Church.

The mission – serious pastoral reform which calls for self-examination to achieve greater pastoral effectiveness by opening up new opportunities for more lay involvement in the life and mission of the Church.

(Edited from the Catholic Chronicle)