CNS — Father Paul Seil experienced a Christmas unlike any other in his 67 years of life. In the midst of the multiday blizzard that paralyzed parts of Western New York, Father Seil, chaplain for the Buffalo Fire Department, had to evacuate the rectory at his parish in the city’s Old First Ward neighborhood on […]
The support of vocations is essential to the life of any Catholic diocese. Those involved in vocations, Catholic education and parish life, showed their support on Oct. 5 at the annual Curé of Ars Award Dinner held at Salvatore’s in Depew. “The support of vocations is essential, and it’s an essential part of the Renewal,” […]
After the May 14 shooting at a Tops market on Jefferson Avenue, the community came together. Church leaders from all denominations gathered to pray together as a community. The 10 victims from Buffalo’s East Side became everybody’s neighbors as we learned their names and heard from their families and shared their grief. Always present in […]
Those who gathered at the Jefferson Avenue Tops on May 17, came looking for answers and understanding. What they found were like-minded people full of prayer. Residents of the East Side neighborhood as well as clergy prayed together with hearts still heavy from grief after the tragic shooting of 13 people inside the supermarket. Bishop […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has made the following appointments. Father Paul Seil has been appointed pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Buffalo. Father Seil has been serving as pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Orchard Park since 2009. This is for a term of six years or until a subsequent appointment. Father […]
