LANCASTER — Ablaze Young Adult Ministry will host a Catholic question & answer session for young adults with Father Paul W. Steller, pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, on Thursday, March 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. Young adults ages 17 to 27 with questions about the Catholic faith are encouraged to attend. […]
The Rite of Election was a family affair for the Russells as the five teenage siblings journeyed further on their path into the Catholic Faith on March 6 during the Rite of Election held at St. Joseph Cathedral. Daniel, Alaysha, Chloe, Elijah and Kaylia made the group decision to officially join the Catholic faith after […]
The Diocese of Buffalo will be participating in a parish survey about discipleship conducted by the Catholic Leadership Institute. Information will be used to design a process to support the parishes and care for priests during the Road to Renewal. All parishioners are asked to participate in a 10-15 minute survey online.The survey can be […]
The Adult Faith Formation Committee of Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo is pleased to announce that the third lecture in the Catherine M. and Paul W. Beltz Lecture Series of “Church on Fire: Stay With Us!” will occur on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church, 1029 Delaware Ave. Father Thomas Slon, […]
With the activation of the 26 parishes in the pilot stage of the Road to Renewal, transitional leaders were named on Jan. 19 as the pilot families were activated. The transitional leader is the point person for communication to the Diocesan Renewal Team. There is one transition leader per family. Msgr. Richard Siepka leads Family […]
LANCASTER — Four Roman Catholic parishes – Our Lady of Pompeii and St. Mary of the Assumption in Lancaster, and St. Martha and Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta in Depew – will co-sponsor a Lenten Parish Mission entitled Living Lent on Tuesday, March 15 and Wednesday, March 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The mission, […]
The Adult Faith Formation Committee of Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo is pleased to offer a new Bible Study Class: “Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother.” This eight-session course is written by Dr. Edward Sri, theologian, author, and well-known Catholic speaker. The program is produced by Ascension Press. Deacon William Hynes of Blessed […]
Following the announcement that New York state would eliminate its mask mandate on Feb. 10 for many indoor settings, the Diocese of Buffalo has made the wearing of masks at Mass and public church gatherings optional. “At this time, masks are now optional for all participants in liturgies held in Catholic churches and worship spaces […]
In the latest installment of the Church on Fire lecture series presented by Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo, Father Ross Chamberland, OFM, Ed.D., spoke on the topic of living sacramentally and our imagination as he presented, “St. Francis of Assisi – Then and Today: ‘Rebuild My Church.’” “Sacraments are the most holy entity in the […]
“Encounter and Accompaniment” was the theme of three meetings that the Road to Renewal team held this past November and December. Over 350 parish ministry leaders and others, including priests, deacons, youth and young leaders, faith formation directors and coordinators, and school principals, received an overview of the Renewal process by Father Bryan Zielenieski; Deacon […]
