Dennis Lennox

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  • Travel: Postcard from Rochester

    Travel: Postcard from Rochester

    As with other Rust Belt cities, this city on Lake Ontario and near New York’s spectacular Finger Lakes region has a significant number of old churches of different denominations. The most notable hides within plain sight among the sea of buildings in downtown Rochester.

  • A year in review: Disappointments and surprises from my travels

    A year in review: Disappointments and surprises from my travels

    Another year of travel produced another year of travel surprises and disappointments.

  • Postcard from York, where Constantine the Great was proclaimed emperor

    Postcard from York, where Constantine the Great was proclaimed emperor

    There are few places more significant in the development of the church than York, England. That’s because it was here in 306 — as in 1,716 years ago — that Constantine was proclaimed emperor. Back then, York was called Eboracum by the Romans.

  • Travel: 3 churches to visit in the US

    Travel: 3 churches to visit in the US

    Contrary to popular belief, a passport isn’t required to visit beautiful churches. There are countless examples of notable church architecture right here in the United States. Some of them even rival Europe’s great cathedrals.

  • Travel: 4 places to go, right now

    Travel: 4 places to go, right now

    Forget about going to a resort factory this winter. Instead, go someplace different.

  • Travel: Overlooked by tourists, this church hearkens back to pre-Reformation England

    Travel: Overlooked by tourists, this church hearkens back to pre-Reformation England

    By the 19th century, the established Church of England was losing its preeminence and post-Reformation laws restricting the ability of Catholics to freely worship, among other things, were lifted. St. Etheldreda’s Church in London, which dates to about 1250, was acquired or, rather, reacquired by Catholics in 1874.

  • Postcard from Baton Rouge

    Postcard from Baton Rouge

    Fairly or not most state capitals seem to be backwaters. Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, is an exception. While overshadowed by much-larger New Orleans, Louisiana’s capital is very much a destination in its own right as I found out during a recent visit.

  • Travel: Postcard from Pittsburgh

    Travel: Postcard from Pittsburgh

    In the shadow of Pittsburgh’s office towers, bridges and sports stadiums is a riverfront promenade not dissimilar from London’s Embankment or the walkway along the River Seine in Paris.

  • Travel: 3 places to visit this fall

    Travel: 3 places to visit this fall

    The fall shoulder season is arguably the best time of the year to travel. Here's a list of three places that are perfect to visit as the pages of the calendar turn and the weather becomes crisper.

  • Travel: Postcard from Silverton

    Travel: Postcard from Silverton

    A recent early fall trip to Colorado brought me back to one of my favorite places anywhere in the Centennial State.