[Daily Record] Several Parsippany churches on Friday met at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church to commemorate Good Friday with an Ecumenical Good Friday Liturgy and walk.
[The Record] Anyone passing St. Peter’s Episcopal Church will see photos of victims of the Connecticut elementary school massacre, their smiling faces with their names and ages producing a mournful memorial that, the pastor says, is also a call for stricter gun control.
During the pre-dawn hours of Monday, March 25 – the Monday in Holy Week – some 60 people from the Diocese of Newark will head to Washington, D.C., where they will join hundreds of Episcopalians from across the country in challenging the epidemic of gun violence that claims so many thousands of American lives each year.
Mark your calendars for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown when noted historian and writer Elaine Pagels will be the speaker at the Bishop John Shelby Spong Lecture Series. Her theme is “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation.”
[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. William Bailey, who in 2004 became the first vocational deacon ordained in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark in more than a quarter century, died March 6 at his home in Morris Plains, New Jersey, after a long illness. He was 81.
[Episcopal News Service] Emancipation “is in our DNA” at Church of the Redeemer in Morristown, New Jersey, says the Rev. Cynthia Black, rector. “We talk about liberation. We live liberation.”
So when it came time to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the church that calls itself “a Christian liberation community in the Episcopal tradition” planned far more than a one-day or Black History Month event.
"'Ashes to Go?' No way!" exclaimed one commuter with delight, upon exiting Newark Penn Station to see Bishop Mark Beckwith and the Rev. Laurie Wurm distributing ashes just outside. "My friend said you'd be here," said another as she got in line to receive. "I got ashes from you here last year," said a third, who after receiving ashes produced a pocket camera and asked to be photographed with Bishop Beckwith and Rev. Wurm.
A number of congregations engaged the world with Ashes to Go across our diocese. Following are some of their photos and stories.
[FiOS1 News] All Saints' Episcopal Parish in Hoboken took Ash Wednesday to the Hoboken Path Station, where commuters received ashes during the morning rush hour in what the clergy called “Ashes to Go.” FiOS1 News’ Natalie Paterson has the story.
Jesus commanded his followers to heal the sick. What does healing look like in the modern world? It looks like St. Luke's in Hope's Haven of Hope for Kids, as well as the healing ministries of St. Michael's in Wayne, All Saints' in Glen Rock, St. Peter's in Essex Fells and St. George's in Maplewood.
