Another Word for Justice by Elizabeth Kaeton

Elizabeth Kaeton is rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chatham, New Jersey. She previously served as the Episcopal Diocese of Newark's Canon Missioner to The Oasis (an Episcopal Church ministry with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, their families and friends) from 1996-2002. She is especially passionate about the intersection of justice issues with regard to race, gender, age, class and physical or intellectual ability.

Prior to her appointment to The Oasis, Elizabeth was actively engaged in urban/inner city ministry for five years in Newark. She served first as Executive Director and Vicar of the AIDS Resource Center at St. Barnabas Church, and was Priest-In-Charge at House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey. A registered nurse since 1970, she has been actively involved in AIDS ministry since 1983, in Boston, Baltimore, Newark and New York City.

A "passionate pilgrim on the journey toward w/holiness of life," Elizabeth's joyful commitment to the Gospel and her Baptismal vows is evident in her life and work. She and her spouse Barbara, a nationally certified AIDS Clinical Nurse Specialist, recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary. They have loved and nurtured six children of their own, and have been actively involved in the lives of six other foster children. They are still adjusting to "the empty nest." Together, they love to travel, cook, read, laugh, and take long walks with their beloved dog, a boxer named Bogart. They find the ocean a place of restorative healing and the rural areas, especially the mountains, a place of recreation and delight. Elizabeth can be reached by email at emkaeton@aol.com.

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• September 2004: Make the Vision Plain

• July 2004: The Earth-Moving Day

• June 2004: A Baptismal Love Letter to Sean Ryan Rivard

• April 2004:

  • A Woman's Right to Choose is a Woman's Right to Life

  • Passionate about the Passion

• March 2004:The Parable of the Fig Tree and the Twin Towers

• December 2003: The Not-Quite-Ready-for-Prime-Time Messiah

• November 2003: From Amistad to New Hampshire

• September 2003: Severing the Gordian Knot

• June 2003: Chasing the Raven and the Wren

• May 2003:I Am the Vine, You Are the Branches

• April 2003:The Blueberry Man

• December 2002: Is This Evangelism?

• November 2002: This is Your Wake-Up Call

• September 2002: How Many Times Do I Have To Forgive?

• July 2002: The Hope of Immigrants

• June 2002: I Won't March, Don't Ask Me

• May 2002: Silence, Conspiracy and Lies: A Case of Arrested Development

• April 2002: It May Be Earth Day But We Don’t Have to Be Sheep

• March 2002: A Life of Prayer

• January 2002: The Wisdom of Daughters: Two Decades of the Voice of Christian Feminism

• December 2001 - The Gospel Truth in the Age of AIDS

• October 2001 - Whistling in the Dark: Praying For Your Enemies

• September 2001 - Things Seen and Unseen: A Question of Faith

• July 2001 - The Opposite of Love

• March 2001 - Not Exactly the Brady Bunch: A Book Review