Presiding Bishop Michael Curry greets the Dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania in advance of the joint diocesan convention to be held in Niagara Falls on October 26 and 27.

“It’s a particular blessing to address you and encourage you and to assure you of my prayers and the prayers of your brothers and sisters throughout the Episcopal Church as you work together on a partnership in ministry, or as Saint Paul said, a partnership in the Gospel,” says Bishop Curry. “I am thankful that you’re contemplating new possibilities for episcopal leadership and how two historic dioceses can work jointly to share the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the way of God’s love that Jesus teaches us.”