St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, Afton, NY
In his beloved Afton it took the form of going out of his way at a town gathering to sit next to a neighbor with a drinking problem. It also meant dedicating himself to making St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church in Afton one of the most unpretentiously beautiful little chapels in New York State and perhaps his crowning achievement as a lay Catholic. —Arthur Hughes, “Carlton J. H. Hayes: A Christian Historian Confronts Nationalism”