You are invited to an evening exploring opportunities for “Doing Justice” in the areas of Gun Violence, Human Trafficking and Child Poverty.
Save the date for the 25th anniversary service for The OASIS, the LGBT Ministry of the Diocese of Newark, Sunday, June 1, 5 p.m. at Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral in Newark. The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Bishop of Newark will preside. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Harry Knox, President & CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The 2014 winners of the Louie Crew Scholarship and OASIS Grant will be announced.
This is a rare opportunity to visit the joy-filled community in France that welcomes Christians of all denominations for 9 days with our Bishop. Every summer several thousand young people gather for a week of simple living and self-examination on a pilgrimage like no other.
We in the Diocese of Newark joyfully celebrate the Easter season by sharing our gifts through the Alleluia Fund for Outreach. Our donation connects us to God's work not only in the familiar confines of our congregations, but also as God is at work in our neighborhoods and communities.
“Darkness and danger – they’re not the only things that live here,” said the Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Bishop of the Diocese of Newark, after praying the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at 14 sites of violent crimes in Jersey City.
Jersey City’s three Episcopal congregations – St. Paul’s Church in Bergen, Church of the Incarnation and Grace Church Van Vorst – organized the procession, which drew more than 80 participants. Worshipers included members of neighboring churches, city officials and local police, who spent nearly two hours walking, praying and singing together along the 2.25 mile route.
This clergy conversation with Bishop Beckwith has been cancelled.
[Episcopal News Service – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] Diocese of Newark Bishop Mark Beckwith discusses the growing epidemic of violence and how he and other Episcopal Church bishops have come together to form Bishops Against Gun Violence to begin to stem the tide.
On Good Friday, April 18, Bishop Mark Beckwith will participate in two public Stations of the Cross processions as four congregations “take the altar into the world” to focus attention on issues that challenge or enliven their communities.
At 9:30 a.m. the clergy and members of the three Jersey City congregations – St. Paul’s in Bergen, Church of the Incarnation and Grace Church Van Vorst – will start at the intersection of Clinton and Bergen Avenues and visit fourteen street corners that have been the sites of violent crimes. At 3 p.m. Christ Church in Bloomfield/Glen Ridge will hold a procession to locations in their two communities where they feel Christ is present, both in need and in hope.
Bishop Beckwith invites leaders and congregations to join him in a unique, misisonal engagement with the world on the National Day of Prayer, which is Thursday, May 1.
