The Diocese of Buffalo has been on the Road to Renewal for quite a while now. The priests of the diocese renewed their own priestly promises during the annual Chrism Mass. “Now this is what a cathedral should look like,” announced Bishop Michael W. Fisher as he looked at the packed St. Joseph Cathedral on […]
Culture, color and custom melded into a beautiful display for the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Hope Parish on Buffalo’s West Side on April 2. Father William Mason, OMI, of Holy Cross Parish, was the main celebrant for the vibrant Mass that feted the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem as Lent […]
The African American Commission of the Office of Cultural Diversity/Social Justice of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is hosting a Lenten prayer service on Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. Please use this link to join the virtual prayer service.
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 of the special liturgy. (Photos by Patrick J. Buechi)
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 spring flowers, Bishop Fisher said it is time again to proclaim alleluia because with the end of Lent our hearts […]
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 reading from Scripture, and fire. The service began in near total darkness as a part of the Service of Light. […]
The second-grade students at Notre Dame Academy wish to share their Easter prayer. May all our readers have a joyous Easter this year.
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 of several guests. Mary Lynn Murrett served as lector. Deacon Steve Schumer read from the Gospel of John. Father Fleming, […]
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 end of the Lenten season and leads to the Resurrection of the Lord on the Easter Vigil. During Holy […]
TONAWANDA — Cardinal O’Hara High School continued its annual Passion Procession as a lead-in to Easter on Friday, April 8. Students in Antoinette Castaldo’s Spanish class made and carried four floats depicting the life of Jesus in a procession throughout the school. The procession was led by, from left Guem Guem, Maxwell Hendershot, Wilson Hendershot, […]
