The Gloucester City Public School system removed invocations from future Junior Honor Society ceremonies. (September 2026)

The Gloucester City Public School system removed invocations from future Junior Honor Society ceremonies. (September 2026)

New Jersey — FFRF’s work saw the Gloucester City Public Schools system remove opening invocations from future Gloucester City Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society induction ceremonies. A district parent informed FFRF that during Gloucester City Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony on May 7, the school invited a pastor to perform two prayers, an invocation and a benediction. During the ceremony, the pastor rep…