Friends of Calvary St. Andrews ROC

Adelaide in April: The Guarded Wound If it... Were lighter touch Than petal of flower resting On grass, oh still too heavy it were, Too heavy! See more

Grain Field BY ADELAIDE CRAPSEY Scarlet the poppies Blue the corn-flowers,... Golden the wheat. Gold for The Eternal: Blue of Our Lady: Red for the five Wounds of her Son. See more

Honoring Adelaide on the first day of National Poetry Month...Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914) grew up in Rochester, New York, at the rectory of St. Andrew's Church where her father was the Episcopal priest. She is noted for her invention of the cinquain (five line) form, and compared for her poetic genius with Emily Dickinson. AMAZE BY ADELAIDE CRAPSEY... I know Not these my hands And yet I think there was A woman like me once had hands Like these.

Historic Calvary St. Andrew's, located on the corner of Ashland St. and Averill Ave., is approaching 150 years of providing spiritual, educational, cultural, and social justice support to residents throughout the South Wedge community and beyond. However, this building, designated and protected by the National and State National Register of Historic Places and as a City of Rochester Landmark, is currently facing an uncertain future. Four years ago, following the dissolution ...of the longtime Calvary St. Andrew's congregation and facing the possible sale of this property to a developer, a group of community members formed the Friends of Calvary St. Andrew's to work toward protecting, maintaining and restoring this remarkable building. The Friends sponsored concerts, dances, lectures, weddings, created and beautified outdoor flower gardens, enlarged and tended to the Food Pantry vegetable garden, and raised enough funds to restore several stained glass windows, a mural, and make many needed repairs throughout the building. All of this, of course, took place pre-Covid. Calvary St. Andrew's is home to the long-established South Wedge Food Pantry, which has exponentially grown and is now providing food to over 1400 households each month throughout the Rochester area, and one nesting congregation (Open Arms). Despite these activities, Calvary St. Andrew's is once again facing a possible sale. We need your help. We are calling on entrepreneurs, creative thinkers and non-profit organizers to brainstorm with us as to how we can repurpose this space in order to maintain its presence in the South Wedge community. See more

Want to learn about the Henry Ellwanger Memorial Window at Calvary Saint Andrew’s? It’s one of our most beautiful windows and it is being restored by Pike Staine Glass thanks to a Grant from Rochester Area Foundation and contributions from private donors. This is the first of what we hope will be a series! https://youtu.be/GM4yUaqZt8s

Concerts continue online! Dowland's Grand Tour: Paul O'Dette, lute. Sept. 25 at 7:30 and Sept. 27 at 4 pm. See www.pegasusearlymusic.org for details of this free on-line concert.