News from St. James of Jerusalem
August 28, 2025
A message from our Vicar, the Rev. Michael F. Delaney, following the horrific act of violence against children and humanity at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Click here.
August 26, 2025
Bishop Lawrence C. Provenzano Publishes a Powerful Message in Newsday
"Immigrants in Nassau County aren’t going to church. They’re afraid to bring their children to Sunday School and to attend weekly Mass. They’re not showing up for English classes or their bilingual AA and other recovery programs. They’re not even coming to our food pantries..."
December 1, 2025
St. James of Jerusalem Welcomes New Vicar, The Reverend Michael F. Delaney
St. James of Jerusalem Episcopal Church in Long Beach, N.Y. is pleased to announce the arrival of our new Vicar, the Reverend Michael F. Delaney, effective December 1, 2024.Fr. Michael comes to St. James from within the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, which includes Nassau and Suffolk Counties as well as Brooklyn and Queens. At the Diocese, based in Garden City, N.Y., Fr. Michael most recently served as Chaplain to the Right Reverend Lawrence C. Provenzano, Bishop of Long Island. He served the Diocese for the past 10 years as Canon Liturgist.
In 2014, Fr. Michael received a call to be come the Pastoral Associate at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City and eventually as the Vicar of the Cathedral Congregation. His duties included overseeing the liturgical ministers, Cathedral Council, Stewardship Committee, Seasonal Environment, and the formation of a Pastoral Care Team.
Fr. Delaney was ordained in 1998 and has previously served at St. Peter’s Church in Washington, N.J., The Church of Saint Andrew in Staten Island, and as Interim Dean of Trinity/St. Philips Cathedral in Newark, NJ. He also served as Director of Pastoral Care at Christ Episcopal Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., and as Director of Music at St. Paul’s Church in Paterson, N.J. Over the years Fr. Michael has conducted the orchestra for many high school musicals.
In 1986, Fr. Michael, then, Br. Michael, professed final vows as an Augustinian Monk. Even though he left the Roman Catholic Church, over the years he has remained faithful to living into the spirituality of St. Augustine of Hippo.
Asked about his liturgical style, Fr. Michael said, “Hospitality is at the center of my liturgical style… it is one of warmth and gentleness, inclusive and dignified.” As an accomplished musician, music is also a very important part of Father Delaney’s ministry.
St. James of Jerusalem in Long Beach, NY, was founded in 1880 and moved to its current church once it was built in 1938. St. James is a warm and welcoming congregation dedicated to welcoming everyone. The congregation of St. James is excited to begin a new chapter under the inspired leadership of Fr. Michael Delaney.
St. James of Jerusalem
Mourns the Passing of Judith Mason
March 3, 2024 -- Longtime St. James parishioner Judith Mason went home to Jesus on Friday, March 1, 2024. Judith was a passionate advocate for Christian outreach and education, and we will miss her dearly.
St. James of Jerusalem Welcomes
the Reverend Susan K. Bock
July 1, 2019 -- St. James of Jerusalem Episcopal Church of Long Beach, N.Y., is pleased to announce the arrival of our new pastor, the Reverend Susan K. Bock.
