A four-day streetside exhibit portraying the life and work of the late Bishop Carmen Stewart, among Jamaica’s trailblazing ladies, will open at 10am Friday, which is being observed as International Women’s Day, at the corner of Sea Breeze Avenue and Windward Road, Kingston 2.
Bishop Stewart passed away on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2020 at age 95.
The exhibit, which will be installed in an open lot throughout the roadway from the Pentecostol Gospel Temple Family of Churches at 111 Windward Road, will range from Friday till Monday, March 11, from 10am to 7pm daily. Of note is that the church was established and pastored by Bishop Stewart for more than 44 years.
The exhibit is being installed by the CLS Foundation, which is brief for the Carmen Lois Stewart Foundation, of which her kids, Stephen Stewart and Dr Carolyn Stewart, are president and vice president, respectively.
Stephen described that in keeping with the life she lived when she declined to transfer from the Windward Road neighborhood, even after she was called Custos of St Andrew in 1992 and deputy guv basic in 1996, the very first woman to hold those positions, the website of the exhibit was intentionally picked.
“The significance of this street exhibit is that she was constantly about the neighborhood, so it’s not being staged in any lofty setting; it’s being carried out in a method so that individuals can simply stroll off the street, kids on their method from school can simply stroll through and see it,” Stephen stated.
He described even more that the general public would have the ability to see pictorial discussions and artefacts of his mom’s life, including her awards, honours and souvenirs.
“The exhibit is entitled ‘Testimony’, and the factor for this is that if you were to ask Bishop Stewart, ‘How did you pertain to this phase where you’re so acknowledged in the neighborhood,’ she would inform you it’s since she put God initially in her life,” stated Stephen.
For her part, Carolyn stated her mom’s individual style, which summarized her life, was “Love the Lord and seek His splendor alone”.
With this exhibit, it’s as if she’s continuing to witness beyond the tomb; it’s everything about experiencing so that souls can comprehend the value of looking for the magnificence of God and not guy,” she stated.
Stephen shared that the schools in the location, consisting of Wilbert Stewart Basic School, which his mom established in honour of her other half who passed away when he was 44 years of ages, have actually been welcomed to see the exhibit. Other schools consist of Vauxhall High, Camperdown High, Dunnoon Technical High, and Windward Road Primary.
Bishop Stewart was a counsellor, Justice of the Peace, a director of the Bureau of Health Education, the education arm of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, establishing board member of Love FM, and an honorary tutor at The University of the West Indies.
The CLS Foundation has actually done operate in the Windward Road neighborhood, consisting of back-to-school and health fairs, keeping the tradition of Bishop Stewart, the female passionately called Sister Carmen, alive.