On Sunday, June 10, The Right Reverend George Councell, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, will visit Gloucester City to celebrate the 160th Anniversary of Incorporation of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension.
There will be a Mass of Thanksgiving at 4 p.m. in the Church, located at Sussex and Ridgeway streets.
A dinner will follow at the Thommy G\’s Restaurant in Audubon.
Ascension has a long history in Gloucester City.
Although the parish was not incorporated until 1847, when the Church was built, services began in Gloucester Towne in 1722.
The Rev. Larry Fish, Historiographer, said the Gloucester Towne Anglican congregation was the only congregation in New Jersey to hold services during the American Revolution.
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