Locale
In
the Fall of 2003, after twenty three years of sharing the facilities
of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, along with Bexley Hall,
St. Bernard’s moved to its own brand new
facility on 120 French Road in the town
of Pittsford in the Greater Rochester area. With an estimated population of 1,079,073, greater Rochester
is a metropolitan area with many cultural resources. Local cultural institutions of national prominence
include the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Garth Fagan’s Dance
Theater, GeVa Theater, the Memorial Art Gallery, the International
Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, and the Margaret
Woodbury Strong Museum of Nineteenth Century Americana.
Touring Broadway shows and internationally acclaimed artists
of the music and dance world regularly appear in Rochester.
Opportunities
for spiritual growth in Christian ministry abound in the area.
Three centers of spiritual renewal, staffed by different
congregations of sisters, and Trappist and Benedictine monasteries
offer days of reflection, retreats and spiritual direction.
The area has
many public and private golf and tennis facilities.
Rochester,
aptly called the “Flower City,” hosts an annual, internationally
renowned Lilac Festival. It
is a place of parks, pools and water falls, of Lake Ontario beach
front, and easy access to the natural beauties of the Finger Lakes,
Letchworth Park, Niagara Falls, and the Adirondack mountains. Within a six mile radius of the campus, five institutions of
higher learning offer a stimulating array of seminars, lectures, and
workshops. During
noontime in downtown Rochester, one can enjoy a brown-bag lunch at a
Rundel Memorial Library book review, hear a recital at the Hochstein
School of Music, or see a new exhibit at one of the several
first-rate museums.
