An Interview With Mr. Thomas Ashford of St. Peter’s, Niagara Falls

In his 2022 convention sermon, Bishop Sean mentioned Mr. Thomas Ashford, warden emertius of St. Peter’s Niagara Falls and the thurifer for this year’s convention Eucharist. When Mr. Ashford first came to St. Peter’s in 1951, he was rebuffed by the parish’s leaders and told that he would have to have a white sponsor in order to join the parish. In 2019, the Rev. Helen Harper, priest-in-charge of St. Peter’s, talked with Mr. Ashford about his experience: