of all people in a brotherhood of love,
all Christians in a brotherhood of faith,
all Catholics in a brotherhood of unity
in a common faith and worship,
in a defined geographical area,

on this portion of the earth
it is the focal place
of the world wide universal unity
of the Roman Catholic Church,

which bears witness to this unity
on the local level
and belonging to the larger church
and the world
linked to other parishes of the region
and to the Diocese of Rochester,

from the diocese it receives
the ministry of its assigned pastor
the powers of the priesthood
in the breaking of the Bread
and the blessings of the sacraments
in its midst
and its living link
to the Chair of Peter.