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Bishop Singh's Epiphany MessageThursday, January 2, 2020
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Bishop Singh's Christmas MessageThursday, January 2, 2020Read more » |
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Storybook Project + videoWednesday, December 18, 2019The Rochester Storybook Project is an outreach program of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Henrietta. This program makes it possible for incarcerated parents to read a story to their children. Read more » |
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When a need becomes an ecumenical effortFriday, December 13, 2019The K-Mart in Wellsville, NY closed in March 2019. The Salvation Army thrift shop also closed a little later this year because they could not find space to rent. That left all of Allegany County a retail desert. People in this area of limited income or without a reliable vehicle have no place to buy shoes, boots, coats and all the other things that these places supplied. The dollar stores don't fill the gap. St. Read more » |
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Philadelphia 11 Reunion / One Priest from our DioceseTuesday, November 26, 2019Up until the early seventies, some in The Episcopal Church struggled with the idea of ordaining women as priests. Eventually, an ordination service was held on Monday, July 29, 1974, called The Feast of Saints Mary and Martha, at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia, where eleven women serving as deacons presented themselves to be ordained them as priests. These women became be known as the “Philadelphia Eleven.” One of them, Merrill Bittner served as a Deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. Read more » |
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Bishop Singh’s Homily at the 151st Diocesan Convention of Central NYFriday, November 22, 2019“Be genuine.” Bishop Prince Singh’s Homily at the 151st Diocesan Convention OF Cental NY Homily preached by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Prince Singh, Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, at the 151st Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Liverpool, New York. Scriptures: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Psalm 119:137-144, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, Luke 19:1-10 (Proper 26C) Read more » |
