With an opening procession of 36 lay people representing the newly-forming families of parishes in the diocese, the Diocese of Buffalo’s 175th Anniversary Mass held Sunday afternoon on May 1 kicked off a yearlong list ...
What started in a small room at the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s central office in 2009 has grown to a ministry that covers four counties and serves more than 1,700 families a year. The ...
Real Presence. Real Hope. Real Mission. Soon those words will be seen in every Catholic Church in Western New York. As the Diocese of Buffalo kicks off a celebration of its 175th anniversary, there is ...
Bishop Michael W. Fisher, assisted by Father Sean Paul Fleming and Deacon Steve Schumer, celebrated Easter Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral on April 17. Cantors, a choir and the Cathedral Brass added to the pageantry ...
The Lord is Risen … Alleluia. With that greeting, Bishop Michael W. Fisher welcomed a large number of the faithful to St. Joseph Cathedral for the Easter Day Mass. With the Cathedral altar resplendent in ...
St. Augustine has called the Easter Vigil Mass the “mother of all vigils.” Anyone attending St. Joseph Cathedral on April 16 would likely agree. The two-hour celebration welcomed two people into the Church, a third ...
Bishop Michael W. Fisher, Father Sean Paul Fleming and Deacon Steve Schumer lead a Holy Thursday celebration at St. Joseph Cathedral. The April 14 Mass, which begins the Triduum, saw Bishop Fisher wash the feet ...
Do this in remembrance of me… And so, begins the Sacred Triduum, the period of Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday that remains the holiest period in the Christian Church. The celebration of the Triduum marks ...
The Diocese of Buffalo observed one of its most solemn and special Masses of the year with the celebration of the Chrism Mass Tuesday evening at St. Joseph Cathedral. Bishop Michael W. Fisher served as ...
Priests, deacons and the faithful gathered together at St. Joseph Cathedral for the Chrism Mass on Tuesday, April 12 where the priests of the Diocese renewed their priestly promises and the holy oils that will ...
