Historical Self-Study Sponsored by the Reparations Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of NJ
Friday, April 19, 2024
VIDEO: Stations of Reparations Service, St. Augustine's Asbury Park, NJ March 16, 2024
This is a Zoom video recording of the second annual "Stations of Reparations" Lenten service of repentance, sponsored by the Reparations Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, and hosted by St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Asbury Park on Saturday March 16, 2024. The service focused on the Post-Civil War history of systemic racism in the diocese and featured testimony from members of Monmouth County Episcopal churches including Charles Hughes of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Red Bank, Rev. Chase Danford of Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, and Linda Shomo of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, as well as testimony about the general history of racism in the diocese from Commission historian Jolyon Pruszinski.