Bishop DeDe’s Pentecost Message: Come Outside!
I pray that we will reach deep inside ourselves and connect with that love of God bubbling up, calling us to go and to do likewise. To go out and to proclaim. In this beautiful spring, in this [...]
Presiding Bishop Curry’s Easter Message: “The last word is God, and God is love.”
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's Easter 2018 Message: “Hatred does not have the last word. Violence does not have the last word. Bigotry does not have the last word. Sin, evil do [...]
Bishop DeDe: Stand with our young people. “I pray they will never feel that they walk alone.”
Download this letter as a PDF. Dear People of Central New York: As Christians we have a responsibility to stand with those who feel most vulnerable, especially when those persons are our children [...]
“Listen with God’s ears:” Bishop DeDe’s message for Ash Wednesday and Lent
Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe's message for Ash Wednesday and Lent 2018.
“Always God’s Love:” Bishop DeDe’s 2017 Christmas Message
If you were God, and you wanted people to know of your love and your care for them, how would you come to them?
A Word from Bishop DeDe: 149th Diocesan Convention
October 20, 2017 Dear Friends in Christ: Our 149th Diocesan Convention—my first with you as your bishop—has been very much on my heart and in my prayers for much of this past year. Diocesan [...]
Bishop DeDe: “Be the light shining in the darkness.”
The Rt. Rev. DeDe Duncan-Probe, Bishop of Central New York, issued a video statement following the October 2nd mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Transcript Lord, make me an instrument of Your [...]
Episcopal bishops to President, Congress: Don’t end DACA
Nearly 125 Episcopal bishops, including Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, have published an open letter imploring President Donald Trump and members of [...]
Bishop DeDe: God loves us–we can make a difference.
In a short video message, Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York offers encouragement and updates about fall activities in the Diocese, including Convention.
Bishop Duncan-Probe: Hatred, racism, anti-Semitism, and the dehumanization of others have no place in our common life.
Dear People of Central New York, During my time of Sabbath, I too have witnessed last week’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia with a heavy heart. Hatred, racism, anti-Semitism, and the [...]