In the News

Articles published by the Diocese of Newark and media coverage of our churches and members.

Alleluia Stories: Toni's Kitchen in Montclair, NJ

"We actually met [at Toni's Kitchen] as volunteers and have been married for almost five years now. And we're still volunteering, and still married!"

In this video, Jim Snodgrass and Pat Moulton describe the rewards of working at Toni's Kitchen, a food ministry at St. Luke's in Montclair that feeds 60-80 people, three days a week.

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On Mother's Day, the Mother of All Races

On Mother's Day more than 300 runners, including children and parents pushing strollers, participated in the "Mother of All Races," a waterfront-route race in Hoboken. Organized jointly by the Hoboken Harriers running club and All Saints Community Development Corporation, the runner registration fees will go to All Saints' Jubilee Center, an after-school program for under-served children who live in public housing.

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Saving St. John's in Union City

Local performers organize an arts initiative to breathe new life into St. John's Church and the community of Union City.

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Obama's stance may be polarizing, but gay marriage won't destroy anything
The Rev. Bernard "Bernie" Poppe

Responding to President Obama's statement yesterday that "Same-sex couples should be able to get married," the Rev. Bernard "Bernie" Poppe of St. George's Church in Maplewood tells columnist Bob Braun of The Star-Ledger, "...I don’t think love ever destroyed anything."

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The Justice Board Needs Your Help

As part of their responsibility to fulfill the recently passed Resolution to help congregations in their mission to Focus on the Needs of Children, the Justice Board has designed a simple questionnaire to collect information on current and desired mission ventures.

Recently we asked for parish leadership to take a few moments to fill out this on-line survey in the Leadership News and had no responses. We are extending the deadline until May 25. We hope that you can attend to this task as it will greatly help the Justice Board’s work of developing resources to help our common mission and ministry. We invite as many of you and/or your congregational leaders to engage in this exercise as would be appropriate. There is no limit.

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The Abundance of the Great 50 Days
The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Bishop of Newark

Writing for The Steward’s Well, an e-newsletter from the Office of Stewardship of The Episcopal Church, Bishop Beckwith reflects on the discipline needed to live into the gift of Easter -- and how developing the holy habits of worship, prayer, study, and giving of self and treasure can prepare us to fully receive the abundance of the Easter blessing.

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Alleluia Stories: St. Paul's After School Program in Paterson, NJ

In this video, Shantia Clyburn of St. Paul's After School Program describes how the Alleluia Fund supports their work providing enrichment programming and one-on-one homework assistance to second through fifth graders in Paterson, NJ.

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Military Care Packages
Military Care Packages

We still have many care packages designated for people serving in the military, made by our youth at Confirmation Retreats.

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The History of the Homeless Shelter is the Story of Hoboken
Volunteers serve meals at the Hoboken Homeless Shelter.

Thirty years ago Geoff Curtiss was a young, recently ordained Episcopal reverend and eager to minister to an urban congregation. He found one in Hoboken.

Soon after, he also found himself in a fight raging along several battle lines—about politics, poverty, development, progress, gentrification, class warfare and the role of religion in the community—which resulted in the founding of the Hoboken Homeless Shelter, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Thursday.

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Service at St. George's in Maplewood prays for 11 million victims

Helen Paktor was not going to miss the 35th annual Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service on April 22.

As a survivor of Auschwitz and two other concentration camps, she sat with nine other survivors who served as living reminders of the Holocaust.

The wooden pews of St. George’s Episcopal Church in Maplewood were filled with a crowd of about 230 people, some wearing yarmulkes, the traditional Jewish head coverings.

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