The Right Reverend Mark M. Beckwith
with great joy
will ordain to
the Sacred Order of Deacons
Miguel Hernandez
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Sights and sounds from Blessing & Sending Disciples into the World, a Pentecost Celebration of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral in Newark.
Celebrant: The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop of Newark.
Featuring: Norman Chin's Chinese Lion Dancers; "paperless" music by Marilyn Haskel of Trinity Wall Street; Gospel singers from Church of the Incarnation in Jersey City; and readers in multiple languages.
Speaking to more than 200 members of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh congregations from around northern New Jersey, Bishop Mark Beckwith said, "...never in my 34 years [of ordained ministry] have I seen an issue that's surfaced so quickly and so urgently, ...that's galvanized people in such a powerful way," as the issue of gun violence.
The interfaith group assembled at Christ Church in East Orange on Sunday, April 14 to support a national effort to negotiate a multi-party covenant to reduce gun violence in America.
With sadness we report the death of the Rev. Jack H. Thorn, 83, retired priest of our diocese. He died Sunday, April 7, 2013 in St. Clare's Hospital in Denville with his family at his side.
