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A dancer kneels before the altar during a liturgical performance presented as part of a special service at the Church of the Beloved Disciple. Throughout the 1970s, the congregation occasionally incorporated interpretive dance into its worship,…

Members of an interpretive dance ensemble offer a choreographed meditation during the Easter Eucharist as clergy look on from the sanctuary. Their expressive gestures transformed the church into a space where liturgy and the performing arts…

Interpretive dancers perform before the altar during the Easter liturgy at the Church of the Beloved Disciple. Organized through contacts of John Darcy Noble, the performance integrated movement, music, and worship, reflecting the congregation's…

The cover of the June 15, 1976, issue of FLASH: The International Guide to Gay Living features Bishop Robert Mary Clement under the headline, "A Candid Interview with Bishop Robert Clement – New York's Gay Patriarch." Published during a period of…

The crozier's elaborately worked volute centers on the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) carrying the banner of the Resurrection, a traditional emblem of Christ's sacrificial death and triumph over death. The engraved brass is embellished with colored…

This brass bishop's crozier served as the pastoral staff of Archbishop Robert Mary Clement throughout his episcopal ministry in the Church of the Beloved Disciple. Carried during pontifical liturgies, ordinations, sacred processions, and public…

This official portrait of Bishop Robert Mary Clement was taken following his episcopal consecration on October 6, 1974, as Bishop of New York in the Eucharistic Catholic Church. Clothed in richly embroidered pontifical vestments, Clement is presented…

Members of the congregation, clergy, and supporters follow behind the bishops as the procession makes its way from Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church to the Church of the Beloved Disciple after Bishop Clement's consecration. Led by…

Archbishop Richard Arthur Marchenna, Primate of the Old Roman Catholic Church in North America and principal consecrator of Bishop Robert Clement, walks between Father Leo (left) and Father John Darcy Noble (right) during the procession to the Church…

Clergy and bishops process westward through Manhattan following the consecration of Bishop Robert Mary Clement. The procession includes Archbishop Martin Luther Williams, Archbishop Richard Arthur Marchenna, Bishop Robert Clement, and clergy of the…

Bishop Robert Mary Clement leads the solemn procession from Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church at 201 West 13th Street to the Church of the Beloved Disciple at 348 West 14th Street following his episcopal consecration on October 6, 1974. At…

NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites website with details about the Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church

Archbishop Richard Arthur Marchenna consecrates Robert Mary Clement on Sunday, October 6, 1974, at the Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church, New York City.

Robert Mary Clement kneels before the altar with the Book of the Gospels resting across his shoulders during the central rite of episcopal consecration at Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church in New York City on October 6, 1974. He was…

The opening pages of the official program for the Ceremony of Consecration of The Most Reverend Robert M. Clement as Bishop of New York of the Eucharistic Catholic Church, held at Metropolitan-Duane Church, New York City, on Sunday, October 6, 1974.…

Press release issued by the Church of the Beloved Disciple, authored by Robert Bradley, announcing the ordination of John Darcy Noble and Leo M. Joseph on April 20, 1974. The statement proclaimed the ordinations as the first known instance of two…

Bishop Thomas J. Fehérváry ordains Father Leo M. Joseph and Father John Darcy Noble to the Catholic priesthood at his chapel in Montreal, Quebec, on April 20, 1974, while Robert Mary Clement assists as liturgical deacon. Celebrated as the first two…

The front of this devotional card features the Church of the Beloved Disciple's image of St. John the Beloved, reproduced from the stained-glass window designed collaboratively by Leo Joseph and John Darcy Noble. Commissioned in England and imported…

This painted processional banner depicts St. John the Beloved, patron of the Church of the Beloved Disciple, in a style derived from the church's celebrated stained-glass window. Mounted on purple felt with decorative tassels, the banner was carried…

Designed collaboratively by Leo Joseph and John Darcy Noble and executed in England using traditional stained-glass techniques, this window was commissioned for the Church of the Beloved Disciple and imported to New York in 1970. Depicting St. John…