Charles Jason Gordon
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Msgr Jason Gordon was ordained bishop of Bridgetown
(Barbados
) and Kingstown
(Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
)on the 21st of September 2011. Jason Gordon (born March 17, 1959) was ordained a priest in 1991.
His career in the Roman Catholic Church can be considered as an atypical one. He didn't go to the Seminary at the age of 18. After his father's death he ran the family business. He became involved in the Church through the Living Water Community. Before becoming a priest in 1991 a the age of 32, he had shown his engagement in several projects teaching skills to socially displaced youngsters. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he studied at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) where he got his BA and Masters in Theology. He completed his PhD in London.
He is often depicted as a very charming man with a great sense of humour. He's not just a man of faith and reflection but has proven to be aware of the problems in society and has been willing to do something about them. He received some awards for his project to bring peace in the Gonzales Community (East Port of Spain) through participation of all the stakeholders (including the gangs and their leaders). He has shown great courage in mediating between communities in conflict and his local engagement skills have diffused tension, improved the standing of the Church and saved lives. ("Pride in Gonzales is a team effort of Father Gordon and others who joined forces after gang- related killings in Gonzales caused alarm and fear among residents." (Rhondor Dowlat, Nov. 6 2006, Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday.) http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,47146.html
His interest in technology makes him the right man to spread the faith through the new media. His weekly TV-mass (Trinity Communications Network) reached out to as many as 50,000 people a week.
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...
(Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
) and Kingstown
Kingstown
Kingstown is the chief port of Saint Vincent, and the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With a population of 25,418 Kingstown is a centre for the island's agricultural industry and a port of entry for tourists...
(Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
)on the 21st of September 2011. Jason Gordon (born March 17, 1959) was ordained a priest in 1991.
His career in the Roman Catholic Church can be considered as an atypical one. He didn't go to the Seminary at the age of 18. After his father's death he ran the family business. He became involved in the Church through the Living Water Community. Before becoming a priest in 1991 a the age of 32, he had shown his engagement in several projects teaching skills to socially displaced youngsters. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he studied at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) where he got his BA and Masters in Theology. He completed his PhD in London.
He is often depicted as a very charming man with a great sense of humour. He's not just a man of faith and reflection but has proven to be aware of the problems in society and has been willing to do something about them. He received some awards for his project to bring peace in the Gonzales Community (East Port of Spain) through participation of all the stakeholders (including the gangs and their leaders). He has shown great courage in mediating between communities in conflict and his local engagement skills have diffused tension, improved the standing of the Church and saved lives. ("Pride in Gonzales is a team effort of Father Gordon and others who joined forces after gang- related killings in Gonzales caused alarm and fear among residents." (Rhondor Dowlat, Nov. 6 2006, Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday.) http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,47146.html
His interest in technology makes him the right man to spread the faith through the new media. His weekly TV-mass (Trinity Communications Network) reached out to as many as 50,000 people a week.