Most every place we’ve seen so far for the purposes of this blog have been a space or site dedicated to a single faith. There are certainly places that house more than one, like Christ Church on East Avenue that is Episcopal, but rents some space to The Father’s House so that the westside suburban church […]
When we were visiting the Pullman Memorial Universalist Church in Albion, what we didn’t fully understand before meeting him, is that Bill Lattin is the quintessential knowledge base on Orleans County history. Many churches have an appointed historian, and I sort of thought that was Bill’s role. He’s humble in his own description of what […]
Albion is a small canal town in Orleans County in Western NY. A county that is 57th out of 57 counties in NY state that spends money on tourism. If you’re like me, you’re probably thinking ‘Well, that’s because there isn’t anything in Orleans County to go see Chris!” Turns out, we’re both wrong–there are some very […]
What’s always been intriguing to me, is how humans assign a spiritual value to a particular geographical location. A place like the North American Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, NY has become a place of pilgrimage to Catholics because of the events that took place on the land and the role it played in the future of […]
Too often I hear people talk about what Rochester doesn’t have and how it could be better. I think that we tend to take the things that we see on a daily basis for granted. We think ‘eh, I don’t have to do that today because it’s been here my whole life and I can go […]