![The Rev. Dr. Martini Shaw, delivering an inspirational and uplifting sermon during the Absalom Jones celebration. JAMES PORTER PHOTO The Rev. Dr. Martini Shaw](https://dioceseofnewark.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_image/public/images/img_4477.jpg?itok=_RKUyE65)
February 28, 2012
By:
James Porter
The Newark chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE) hosted the annual Absalom Jones Day celebration On Sunday, February 12 at Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral in Newark. This annual event celebrates the life and ministry of the Rev. Absalom Jones, the first black person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church.