The Rev. Absalom Jones, the first African American priest ordained in the Episcopal Church.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites Episcopalians to deepen their participation in Christ’s ministry of reconciliation by dedicating offerings at observances of the Feast of Absalom Jones to support the two remaining Episcopal Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCUs): St. Augustine...
En honor a la celebración del Mes de la Historia Negra durante febrero y al Beato Absalón Jones, el primer sacerdote afroamericano en la Iglesia Episcopal, el Obispo Presidente Michael Curry ha pedido mayor comprensión y compromiso con los Institutos y Universidades Históricamente Negros,...
En honor a la celebración del Mes de la Historia Negra durante febrero y al Beato Absalón Jones, el primer sacerdote afroamericano en la Iglesia Episcopal, el Obispo Presidente Michael Curry ha pedido mayor comprensión y compromiso con los Institutos y Universidades Históricamente Negros,...
In honor of February Black History Month and Blessed Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has called for an increased understanding and commitment to the Episcopal Historically Black Colleges and University, known as HBCUs....
Danielle Baker, playing the role of Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, guides her first group of fellow parishioners portraying escaped slaves through a back door into the St. Peter's Episcopal Church parish house en route to "Freedom Land." Photo/Sharon...
Absalom Jones is one of the Episcopal Church's and our nation's most heroic founding fathers, and on February 13, we commemorate blessed Absalom, the first black priest and founder of the first black congregation in the Episcopal Church. Absalom Jones had been born into slavery in 1746 and...
The Rev. Dr. Harold T. Lewis, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will serve as the keynote speaker on February 13 for Episcopal Divinity School's (EDS) 21st annual Absalom Jones Lecture. He will also serve as preacher at the Eucharist on February 14.
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To commemorate its legacy and embrace its future, more than 400 people came to the church that the Rev. Absalom Jones founded to celebrate its 215th anniversary.
"Honoring our Past -- Embracing our Future" was the theme of the November 2-4 celebration at the African Episcopal Church of...
Bishop Nathan D. Baxter of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania will preach at the 2008 Absalom Jones Service set for February 16, 2008 at historic St. Agnes in Miami, Florida.
The annual observance commemorates Jones, the first African American to be ordained a priest in the...
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, preaching in Philadelphia on February 11, held up the life of Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest, as a remarkable example of a man whose love for God was so great that he made friends with enemies and gave his life in the...
In honor of Black History Month and Blessed Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in
In honor of February Black History Month and Blessed Absalom Jones, the first African American p
On February 13, the church celebrates the feast day of the Rev.