Former pastors, administrators, deacons and a church full of parishioners gathered at St. Lawrence in Buffalo to mark the final Mass of the 95-year-old parish. The parish, which is the third to close in the last two months, locked the doors after the Aug. 10 vigil Mass. Bishop Michael W. Fisher, stood with many priests […]
It may be a cliché, but it’s true in this case. “The family that prays together, stays together,” said Steve Quebral, who led his family of five to the National Eucharistic Congress. The Amherst family joined others from The Buffalo Diocese on a bus trip to Indianapolis for the July 17-21 gathering. There was no […]
On July 20, Bishop Robert Barron brought his familiar approach to theology to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The founder of Word on Fire media organization, certainly fired up the crowd of 50,000 people participating in the National Eucharistic Congress. Opening his talk by name checking fellow speaker Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus on the […]
The National Eucharistic Congress drew a cross section of Americans to Indianapolis to pray, listen and experience the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. From Buffalo came a small group of young adults with open hearts and hungry souls seemingly guided by the Holy Spirit. The pilgrimage strengthened them as they returned home […]
The celebration of the 88th anniversary of Venerable Nelson H. Baker’s passing would make the Lackawanna legend proud. Children laughed, families prayed together, and the clergy sacrificed their dignity for others. Things kicked off at 8 a.m. with the tradition of the Pennies to Heaven penny drop, where passersby can leave their change on the […]
Throughout the five-day National Eucharistic Congress, nationally-known speakers joined with bishops and one astronaut to speak witness to the faith. Gloria Purvis, author, commentator and host of her own podcast, spoke July 20 about an issue that doesn’t get enough attention within the Church – racism. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Purvis joined the […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The National Eucharistic Congress drew to a close on Sunday, July 21. Close to 60,000 people gathered to hear from Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect for the Section of Evangelization of Dicastery for Evangelization.
INDIANAPOLIS — Three Buffalo seminarians jumped at the opportunity to participate in several Masses held at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. Joseph Graham, Lorenzo Quebral and Andrew Erdman spent five days in 80-degree heat wearing black cassocks to serve at some of the daily liturgies. “We were ushers in the 4 o’clock English Mass […]
INDIANAPOLIS —During the five-day National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, some of the most well-known bishops from the United States celebrated Mass to congregations upwards of 50,000 filling Lucas Oil Stadium. On July 19, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, of the Archdiocese of Washington, took to the ambo to speak on the responsibility of the faithful in […]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York celebrated Mass on Thursday morning with a few dozen of his favorite bishops. He spoke to a nearly filled Lucas Oil Stadium on the first full day of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. “My fellow pilgrims, to open this first full day of our historic […]
