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Hurricane relief

Pitch in and help Jamaica

On October 28, Jamaica was struck by Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm — the strongest ever recorded in the nation’s history. Entire communities have been devastated: homes flattened, roads washed away, countless families left without shelter, food, or clean water and many churches demolished. The people of Jamaica are facing unimaginable hardship, and now, more than ever, they need our compassion and support to rebuild their lives and their country.

You can make a real difference by contributing to ongoing relief efforts. Every donation, regardless of size, helps provide emergency shelter, medical aid, food supplies, rebuilding of churches and long-term recovery assistance for those affected. Volunteer organizations are working tirelessly on the ground. But they cannot do it alone. Here are two ways to do it.

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The Praise web site

About our Praise web site

During the month of March in 2025, more than 720 different visitors looked at our Praise web site about 1,700 times.

Web visitors from Canada, obviously, are the dominant group who come to our web site. American viewers make up about five percent of our monthly visitors. Web visitors from Jamaica look at our site more than 100 times in a typical month.

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Order of Distinction

Bishop Walker honoured by Jamaica

Bishop Lennox Walker, Lead Pastor at Praise Cathedral Worship Centre, was honoured by Jamaica with the Order of Distinction (rank of Officer) by Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica. The Order took effect as of Jamaica’s Independence Day, August 6, 2020. The virtual investiture happened in October of 2021. A special presentation for Bishop Lennox Walker took place at Praise Cathedral on Sunday November 22, in our 11:00 a.m. service, attended by the Jamaica Consul General in Toronto, Mr. Lincoln Downer.

You can see our virtual service on YouTube Live at the Praise Cathedral channel.

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