The majority of our explorations throughout the Burned Over District have been to locales that have given us first hand experiences with a belief system. Of course, not every stop has included a mass or service, but for the most part, we’ve been able to visit a physical place to help learn more about the […]
We originally began this project by wanting to visit physical places of religiosity across New York that made us curious or had a particularly interesting history to them. Though it wasn’t our intention, it wasn’t long before the people at each site quickly became just as much of the story and brought an entirely new […]
A visit to St. John Gualbert’s Church near Buffalo reveals one of the largest collections of Catholic relics in the world UPDATE: In November 2016, the Bishop officially issued a decree designating this relic collection. Though it is within St. John Gualbert’s Parish in Cheektowaga, the collection itself is now known as the Shrine of […]
The Third Presbyterian Church on East Avenue in Rochester has a long important history for both the city and for the history of religion; for this reason we’ve been attempting to get inside and see the church for the entire two years we’ve been doing this project. For whatever reason, each time we attempt to reach […]
Buffalo Mass Mob This trip was somewhat out of the ordinary for us. Typically we find a place that we are interested in because of its history or because it in some way stands out to us and we then reach out attempting to arrange a time when it’s best to visit. As part of […]
