All over our region, congregations are embracing new ways of working on behalf of the Gospel. If you have a story to tell about work your community is doing, please email us.
This morning, Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, was brutally attacked on the stage of the Chautauqua Institution amphitheater, a place that many of us in our dioceses revere as a center of art, literature, and the free exchange of ideas. Tonight, news reports tell us that Mr. Rushdie is hospitalized…
Holy Trinity, Brookville, and Church of Our Saviour, DuBois recently welcomed the Rev. Timothy Kroh as their new vicar. Actually, the welcome was as much a ‘welcome home’ as anything. Tim Kroh was baptized at Church of Our Saviour as a teenager and is delighted to be back in the area. “I’ve always loved both…
Dear People of God in Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York: Earlier today in Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference of bishops from across the Anglican Communion drew to a close. The Archbishop of Canterbury gave his closing address this morning, and in the late afternoon, bishops participated in a closing worship service at Canterbury Cathedral. Tomorrow…
Dear People of God in Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York: Tomorrow I will fly to London and then travel by bus to Canterbury, England, where the Lambeth Conference of bishops from across the Anglican Communion will take place from July 26 until August 8. This is my second time attending the Lambeth Conference, which…
The Diocesan Councils of the Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York have approved draft 2023 budgets, which are now available for review: Download the Northwestern Pennsylvania operating and program budgets Download the Western New York operating and program budget Download the Northwestern Pennsylvania assessment calculations Download a comparison of the 2018 and 2023…
Dear People of God in the Partnership Dioceses, I write to you at the end of what, for many, has been a deeply disillusioning day. The U. S. Supreme Court this morning overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion has already been outlawed in several states across the country. Although New York and Pennsylvania will, for…
Dear Colleagues in Christ, Many of us are searching for ways to approach our society’s persistence of racism and violence with our congregations. We are horrified by the evil of another mass shooting, this time at a Texas elementary school. While that shooter’s motive remains unclear, we know the shooter in Buffalo was…
On Sunday, May 22 at 6 p.m., St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, together with the Episcopal Dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania, will host an outdoor vigil at the Tops Market on Jefferson Avenue where a white supremacist gunman killed ten people on May 14. Speakers at the vigil will include the Rev. Paul…
In the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has created two funds to support the community financially. To provide aid to those directly impacted by the massacre, donate to the Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund. To address immediate community needs, long-term rebuilding, and systemic issues that have marginalized communities of color, donate to the Buffalo Together…
