Guest Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones

Sunday Guest Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones

The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones is an Episcopal priest at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. He served as Director of Pastoral Care and senior clergy for partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean. Presently, he serves as Priest and Director of Spiritual Formation at Trinity Retreat Center in West Cornwall, CT.

He is Jamaican and a former Roman Catholic Jesuit priest.

Fr. Mark has a wide range of experience, including 14 years of Jesuit training and work as a missionary in Belize, Brazil, and Guyana. Mark is fluent in Portuguese.

He is an avid reader, author, and seasoned public speaker and has taught at the elementary and university levels.

Fr. Mark’s intellectual interests include the impact of social issues on faith and spirituality, race relations, the economic plight of the poor in Third World countries, and liturgical renewal, with a focus on openness to diversity and recognizing the gifts of children. He enjoys poetry and music of all kinds. “Questions, poetry, stories, and sitting in silence and darkness make me live and bring me hope,” he says.

He is an award-winning author; recent books include God Created, Jesus the Word, The Gospel of Barack Hussein Obama According to Mark, The Rastafari Book of Common Prayer, Absalom Jones: America’s First Black Priest (2021), and Face to the Rising Sun: Reflections on Spirituals and Justice (2021).