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July 2023 : update on the renovation works of OUR LADY OF FAIR HAVEN CATHEDRAL IN ROSEAU, DOMINICA
It is with great excitement that I can report that the retro fitting works on the bell tower of the Roseau Cathedral will start within a few weeks. The first item on to do list is the removal and … Continue reading
The FMI Fathers in Dominica
at the front left to right ; Frs. Jean Martin, Michel Batty, ? , Hilaire Maupetit second row : left to right : Frs. Bourguin, Jean Guerry, Pierre Chauvet, Henry Brenon third row : Frs Michel Favalier, Pavajeau , ? … Continue reading
EXCITING DISCOVERY underneath the THE ROSEAU CATHEDRAL FLOOR
by Bernard Lauwyck February 2020 In Lennox Honychurch’s THE DOMINICA STORY, page 176, we read that “ at least two buildings replaced Fr. Martel’s church of 1732, before work at the present Cathedral commenced in 1800.” In February 2020, evidence of … Continue reading
The history of the church at Castle Bruce
In my previous article, published on my website Beautiful churches and chapels in Dominica, I described the early history of the church at Castle Bruce. link is https://dioceser.wordpress.com/category/renovated-churches/castle-bruce-church/ Bishop James Moris, sixth Bishop of Roseau (1922- 1957) , saw the … Continue reading
The Convent High School in October 1937
In August 1937 , the Sisters of the Faithful Virgin left Dominica after 80 years service. The convent and school was handed over to the belgian ICM Sisters. Above might be one of the earliest photographs of the ICM sisters’ … Continue reading
DOMINICA between 1840 and 1850 part 2
With the arrival of three new priests on the 10th of December 1842; Frs. Evain, Delort and Cosgrave; and their appointment to the out-districts, we finally see the emergence of catholic districts, and later parishes, in Dominica. The diligent work … Continue reading
The Catholic Church and slavery
published by Bernard Lauwyck under the title THE ROSEAU CATHEDRAL and THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY part 35 A Roseau Cathedral stained glass window , showing the Papal TIARA, the triple crown worn by the Popes, with the crossed keys, symbols of … Continue reading
THE ABOLITION of SLAVERY and the TIME of APPRENTICESHIP in DOMINICA
part 30 written by Bernard Lauwyck My previous article # 29, published three weeks ago in The Chronicle, contained a drawing of a treadmill. The treadmill was a punishment of exceptional hard labour, introduced in Dominica during the … Continue reading
The Church and the abolition of slavery in Dominica part 28
Before we further discuss the implications of the visit of Bishop Richard Patrick Smith, Coadjutor of Bishop Daniel Mac Donnell of the West Indian Vicariate, to Dominica in April 1838, we will have a closer look at the situation in … Continue reading
The ROSEAU CATHEDRAL and the Abolition of Slavery in Dominica part # 26
from : “Two Years in the French West Indies ” by Lafcadio Hearn (see www.gutenberg.org) On the 1st of August, 1834, the abolition of slavery was proclaimed in the Leeward Islands. This was however an incomplete state of freedom as … Continue reading
DOMINICA , its treasures, its history 