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 […]
Some would argue that the phenomenon of the religious revivalism that took place here can easily be accounted for by the fact that the land in Upstate NY is in itself inherently spiritual. The terrains once graced by continental glaciers dating as far back as two million years have been home to numerous societies and […]