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 […]
A visit to the First Ward Neighborhood in the city of Buffalo to Our Lady Of Perpetual Help to learn about a historic church and to sit in on a 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 […]
St. Michael’s Mission in Conesus stands today as a relic of a seminary remembered by nearly everyone who lived in the region. New owners have been attempting to renovate the property under its new name of The Mission at Conesus. This terrain once graced by continental glaciers two million years ago has been home to […]
This old church in Penfield, NY is now repurposed as offices I grew up in the town of Penfield and passed through the village countless times as a child. At that time I hadn’t honed my affinity for preservation or even sacred spaces, or even history itself really. Thinking back now, it’s interesting to remember […]