Chautauqua Chapel is Rededicated
The Episcopal Chapel of the Good Shepherd on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution held a service of rededication on June 26, following an extensive redesign undertaken this past winter. The service was covered by the Chautauquan Daily, and a story appeared about it in the July 6 issue. Read it here!
Parishes Unite to Assist Refugees
Approximately 30 youth and adult volunteers from St. Peter’s, Episcopal church in Eggertsville, and neighboring St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic church, collaborated on Saturday, June 11 to prepare a West Side apartment for a Somalian family’s arrival to the Buffalo area. The outreach project, under the auspices of Journey’s End Refugee Services, has been in planning…
Statement from Bishop Franklin on Orlando
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Once again our hearts are broken as we heard of the mass shootings in Orlando. This violence appears to be both a hate crime and an act of terror. We pray for those who have died, we pray for those who are injured and traumatized, for their families, for…
Parishes Celebrated Feast of Corpus Christi
The feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for The Body of Christ) is observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. It is a commemoration of and thanksgiving for the Eucharist. It was first observed in Rome in the thirteenth century and spread through the church in Europe through the fourteenth century. St. Thomas Aquinas composed a service…
Go into the Neighborhood and Change the World!
Episcopalians from Western New York, Rochester, Erie, Ohio, Virginia and Massachusetts gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral this past weekend. They gathered to learn about partnerships between churches and public schools. The gathering was co-sponsored by the All Our Children Network and the Diocese of Western New York in response to General Convention resolution B005 that…
Two Bishops Receive Award
The New York State Council of Churches recently awarded the first Excellence in Ecumenism award to Bishop R. William Franklin of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York and Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. The Ven. William Parnell, President of the Council said, “In a time when Christian denominations…
St. Philip’s Hosts Conference on Solitary Confinement
On Saturday, April 30, 2016, the Buffalo/WNY Chapter of the New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (NYCAIC), held a conference on solitary confinement in the prisons and jails of New York at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. Steve Hart of St. John’s-Grace heads up the group of advocates in support of the reduction and ultimate…
Second Acts, Second Chances, Second Comings
Bishop Franklin spent Ascension Day in New York City. The Bishop preached at the chapel of General Theological Seminary and at St. Mary the Virgin Church. In his sermon at General Seminary, the Bishop preached on the topic of second acts, second chances and second comings. The Bishop said, in part: “There are two images…
Diocese to Offer Forum on Church-School Partnerships
Does your church want to make a difference in your neighborhood? Does your church want to reach children and families? Does your church want to join the Jesus movement? Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is calling the Episcopal Church to go into the neighborhood. One way for our congregations to do that is to build a…
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Information on Ramon Aymerich
The Buffalo News reported this morning that the Diocese of Buffalo has added the name of an Episcopal priest with ties to the Diocese of Western New York to its …Read More »
Experimenting with Prayer Ministry at St. David’s, West Seneca
Bishop Sean is often heard to say that Episcopalians need to experiment for the sake of the gospel. Last month, St. David’s in West Seneca did just that when its …Read More »Pre-Convention Meetings in October
Members of both the Dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania are invited to attend one of four joint pre-convention gatherings: October 3 at 7 p.m. at St. James, …Read More »