Racial Reconciliation

Grace and Holy Spirit Church in Cortland started a journey to learn about the past and provide a foundation for change. Beginning the month of June, we started putting up portraits of great and [...]

As our renewed diocesan commitment to antiracism reaches the one-year mark, Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe reminds us that the work of responding to dehumanization is the work of the Gospel, the work [...]

It's been a long time: I had recently hooked up with a local public-arts studio, which had equipment they would rent out to local artists for their work. One of my hobbies led me to them, and I [...]

Roadside historical markers tell a story that can open up our imaginations. They remind us that we have come to our homes and our places of worship at the sacrifice of many. But it is not always [...]

"Now friends, we turn our attention to the ministry that is to be. We recommit ourselves and re-engage ourselves knowing that we are called by love. And if we want to feel peace, and hope, and, I [...]

On Sunday, March 14th at 10:00 a.m., Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe led an online worship service for the Diocese of Central New York. One year from the initial impact of the COVID-19 crisis, we [...]

Watch recording: On Thursday, February 11, 2021, Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe joined the Syracuse Police Department’s new Community Engagement Director, Jimmy Oliver, and actress Patrese D. McClain [...]

Forty-nine clergy of the Diocese of Central New York, including Bishop Duncan-Probe, have co-signed an open letter to the mayors and police chiefs of Auburn, Binghamton, Cortland, Elmira, Ithaca, [...]

From the arrival of the first Africans in what would become the United States, the people of this land have wrestled with a preference for white over black. The struggle again is at the forefront [...]

From the beginning of Jesus' life to the end, he taught us what the Kingdom of God is about: embrace of the stranger—not xenophobia, dominion, or genocide; charity and economic fairness toward [...]