[The Alternative Press] Saint James Episcopal Church has been selected for the 2014 Best of Montclair Award in the Places of Worship category by the Montclair Award Program.
In preparation for Kitty Kawecki’s last day as a member of diocesan staff on December 23, 2014, there has been a reassignment of responsibilities within Episcopal House, including a promotion.
Gerard "Jerry" A. Racioppi is scheduled to be ordained to the Transitional Diaconate (a step in the process toward ordination to the Priesthood) at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral in Newark. All are welcome to attend.
The Rev. Greg Lisby, Rector of Christ Church in Ridgewood, is quoted in this article.
[The Ridgewood News] Ridgewood leaders came together this week to discuss the need for more civility in public discourse.
[Montclair Patch] “It’s amazing,” said the Rev. C. Melissa Hall, surveying the boxes and shopping bags filling the St. James Episcopal Church parish hall. “Look what’s happened. It’s the loaves and the fishes!”
With sadness we share the news of the passing of Lt. Col. (Ret.) James L. Hile, age 96, on Thursday, November 13. James was the father of the Rev. Deacon Jeanette Hile, who serves at House of the Good Shepherd in Hackettstown.
For the Clergy Retreat with the Bishop at Holy Cross Monastery, February 24-26, 2015, the deadline for your registration and our receipt of your check is Friday, December 5, 2014. Find out more.
How do you bring the issue of human trafficking to your community?
When the Church of Our Saviour in Secaucus wanted to address the issue, it went to the top, and asked Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli to hold a public forum on the topic. The result was a meeting held at the Public Library in mid-October, with presentations by the town's police department, the Hudson County Prosecutors Office's Special Victims Unit, and the FBI's Office of Victims Assistance.
GreenFaith, the interfaith environmental organization that has worked with churches in the diocese for many years, has been working with 26 of the Diocese of Newark's churches since fall 2014 through the Energy Services Program – an “energy makeover” for faith communities statewide.
