7 Phelps Street, Lyons, NY 14489
Liturgia Rural Worker Education Center in Lyons is located between the Finger Lakes and Lake Ontario and serves western New York. Liturgia is Latin and means, “Honoring the public work of the people.” RMM is pleased to be in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester through Grace! — a mission of the Diocese. Liturgia and Grace! share the campus in Lyons. Liturgia is home to JOY (Justice Organization of Youth), a youth Summer Day Program, the Rural Academy of the People and the women-owned cooking cooperative Las Chefs Latinas.
Team members
Coordinator of the College Prep Program & Western NY Associate Coordinator
Programs
An opportunity for university students to immerse themselves into the life of RMM!
RMM is partnering with rural women as they create a cooking cooperative.
RMM is pleased to partner with Grace! in Lyons to host a monthly gathering that brings together the diverse people who make up RMM. We begin with music, prayer, presentations and an individual sharing the story of their life’s journey. Afterward, we share a meal, courtesy of the women-owned cooking cooperative Las Chefs Latinas. Come join us on the third Sunday evening of every month.
RMM brings together faith leaders, both ordained and lay people, to explore the removal of walls that divide us as we work toward social transformation. The Cohorts, both in person and virtual, depend upon the participants sharing their experiences with one another.
RMM is partnering with Trabajadores Agricolas Unidos (TAU), an effort sponsored by UFCW and RWDSU to implement the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act.
Each year, we welcome artists in residence, as we are intent on incorporating the arts into all of our programs and our centers.
RMM is honored to host the annual Rural Women’s Assembly, which welcomes more than 200 rural women and their allies from across New York.
RMM offers regular opportunities for ally groups to visit our Centers, meet with our people and explore our programs.
RMM works hard to support the dreams and opportunities of the members of the Youth Empowerment Program through two scholarship programs.
The Justice Organization of Youth (JOY) offers presentations to schools, community events and congregations across New York by performing original Theatre of the Oppressed pieces.
For more than 30 years, RMM has welcomed children, ages 8-17, from across rural New York to a one-week overnight camp. Along with our Summer Day Programs, young leaders get to meet RMM, and we get to meet them.
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Through the Rural Academy of the People (RAP), RMM offers a variety of adult education programs through our Centers and online that are initiated and designed by rural, grass-roots leaders. A key focus lies in supporting people as they create their own cooperatives.