Calvary St Andrew’s Parish

I’m not member of this church and I’ve never attended any of its services. However, I did live next door to it, sort of off and on for 14 years, so I got to know it well. It’s a magnificent church, erected in 1873 with a grand heritage to it. The brickwork is of a kind showing detail and workmanship not found today. It also sports what are said to be actual Tiffany stain glass windows which, when you are inside, give off a stunning rainbow of coloration to the interior.
Presently it is, like much of the area, experiencing financial difficulties but it has a loyal following of volunteers and runs a food bank out of its basement to assist those less fortunate people of the South Wedge Rochester neighborhood.
When my long time spouse and partner suddenly departed, Calvary St. Andrews jumped to my rescue offering their services which I engaged for a memorial luncheon hosting nearly two hundred persons. All of the church members pitched in and managed to bring about one of the finest if not the absolute finest memorial gathering I’ve ever been a part of or a witness to.
For what Calvary St. Andrew is, for what it means to the community and for the dedication of their volunteers, it is a church for which I have no difficulty or hesitation to awarding Five Stars.