The Diocese of Buffalo has taken the first steps on the Road to Renewal. Clergy, religious, administrators, as well as the people in the pews are putting their ideas together to reinvigorate the Catholic faith, fully optimize parish and diocesan resources, and increase the impact of our varied ministries throughout Western New York. Msgr. David […]
Sir Thomas More: You threaten like a dockside bully.Thomas Cromwell: How should I threaten?More: Like a minister of state, with justice. Cromwell: Oh, justice is what you’re threatened with.More: Then I am not threatened. This memorable exchange from the movie “A Man for All Seasons” (1966) between St. Thomas More and a henchman from the […]
Sir Thomas More: You threaten like a dockside bully. Thomas Cromwell: How should I threaten? More: Like a minister of state, with justice. Cromwell: Oh, justice is what you’re threatened with.More: Then I am not threatened. This memorable exchange from the movie “A Man for All Seasons” (1966) between St. Thomas More and a henchman […]
If you follow my thoughts regularly, you will have noticed that I rarely mention the names of partisan political figures. I do not and will not tell anyone for whom to vote. What makes me an expert? I have enough of a job to decide my own vote. I believe that people are smart enough […]
Race riots and civil unrest date back to Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion in 1931. Buffalo was the spot of one of 159 riots that swept cities during the “Long Hot Summer of 1967,” when a group of African-American teens, frustrated by mistreatment by white government and police forces, broke car and store windows through William […]
As a response to the death of George Floyd and the emotional uproar that followed, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger along with representatives from Catholic Relief Services, the diocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities and Catholic Charities held a Speak Out Against Racism rally on June 16 in front of the Catholic Center from downtown Buffalo. Floyd, […]
As a response to the death of George Floyd and the emotional uproar that followed, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger along with representatives from Catholic Relief Services, the diocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities and Catholic Charities held a Speak Out Against Racism rally on June 16 in front of the Catholic Center from downtown Buffalo. Floyd, […]
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger has appointed Father Kevin Creagh, CM, to the newly created position of vicar for Evangelization and Ministerial Formation. Father Creagh, who has served as president/rector of Christ the King Seminary for the past year, has a long history in education and formation. “Father Kevin’s zeal for cultivating and nurturing the call […]
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo, has appointed Deacon Richard R. Stachura temporary pastoral administrator, effective May 2, and Father Michael Uebler will serve as priest moderator at St. Mary Parish, Swormville. Father Sean Paul Fleming has been appointed rector of St. Joseph Cathedral with the additional duties as director […]
The horrifying death of George Floyd exposes the sensitive state of racial relations and the volatility of our current climate for social unrest. This merits our utmost efforts as a community to advocate for justice in this case and to be a voice of calm and reason in the ongoing conversion that must ensue to […]
