Diocesan youth attend National Acolyte Festival
Our acolytes joined hundreds from around the country for a grand procession and worship service, then explored workshops and activities.
Diocesan youth return from transformative civil rights pilgrimage
Fourteen youth pilgrims and four adult chaperones from the Episcopal Diocese of Newark returned last month from a powerful, weeklong Civil Rights Youth Pilgrimage through the American South. Held from June 26 to July 2, 2025, the journey explored the intersection of faith and justice through immersive visits to key historic sites in Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Atlanta.
New First Third of Life Commission
At the 150th Diocesan Convention in November 2024, Bishop Hughes announced the formation of a new Commission that would lift up the ministry to people in the first third of life across the diocese, one of the initiatives recommended in the Strategic Vision adopted by Diocesan Council in late 2023.
Report on the youth excursion to St. John the Divine, NYC
On Saturday, January 11, the First Third of Life Commission’s Youth Team organized an educational trip to the Cathedral Church
