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Diocesan Celebration of the Reverend Absalom Jones

The annual celebration of the Reverend Absalom Jones, the first person of African descent to be ordained in the United States.  This special service honored his life, faith, and witness.  Presided by The Right Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, Bishop of Long Island, and Rev. Kino Vitet, Rector of Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, preached.


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50th anniversary of the ordination to the Priesthood; The Reverend Canon Dr. J. Mastine Nisbett