The Standing Committee, in consultation with the Chancellor and the Constitution and Canons Committee, has carefully reviewed the diocesan canons regarding the formation of the Search and Transition Committees. These canons call for the election of one lay and one clergy representative from each deanery to serve on each committee, with the Standing Committee appointing...
Join us this summer to read and discuss Black and Episcopalian: The Struggle for Inclusion. The Rev. Fisher-Steward shares with us a straight-forward and honest discussion of the experiences of Black Episcopalians in our faith through the eyes of a woman priest who is Black and Episcopalian. She asks: Do I “have to leave who I...
The Diocese will be hosting in-person training for the Safe Church program on July 26th from 10am-3pm at the Diocesan Ministry Center, Tonawanda. Lunch will be included. This training is for anyone in WNY who needs to complete the required training and are unable to take the online training or prefer to complete it in-person....
The Diocese of Western New York will hold 2025 summer camp sessions in August. All students finishing grades 2 through 12 are welcome at camp: Camp will be held August 10 -13 at Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center in Bemus Point, NY. Contact Wendy Schumacher at with questions or for scholarship information. REGISTER HERE
An in-person and hybrid meeting. Watch for an email with the Zoom link.
