Excerpt from Jamaica Observer column published 15 February 2021
By: Jean Lowrie-Chin
Photo credit: Jamaica Observer
We gathered (while distancing) at the Holy Cross Catholic Church last Wednesday for the celebration of Archbishop Emeritus Charles Dufour’s 25th Anniversary of Episcopal Service. Archbishop Dufour served in various capacities islandwide and as Bishop of Montego Bay created the Good Shepherd Foundation which established the first AIDS Hospice and has now expanded into a health centre which serves thousands.
The dynamic homilist was the first Chairman of the Peace Management Initiative, Chaired the Police (Civilian Oversight) Authority, and served on the Parliamentary Salaries Commission. After 50 years in the priesthood, Archbishop Dufour retired last September, only to be called two months later to serve the St Mary’s Parish in Above Rocks, St. Catherine. The Observer quotes him: “God sent me to serve the people and as long as he permits me to, I will continue to do his will.”
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