As the Diocese of Buffalo continues with the Road to Renewal process, the following Families of Parishes have been realigned. Father Thomas M. Mahoney has been appointed the additional responsibility as pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bowmansville, effective Oct. 15. With this appointment, Father Mahoney is pastor of all the parishes of the newly aligned […]
Swormville has come a long way from the farming and hunting community it was in the 1830s. And St. Mary Parish has grown well beyond the barns and fields where Father John Neumann delivered the sacraments. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, the parish on Transit Road boasts 2,400 families in a tight knit community. “They’re […]
SWORMVILLE — The proud parents, families and friends of the 28 eighth grade students gathered at St. Mary’s Church on the evening of June 20 to celebrate the Class of 2024. Father Thomas Mahoney, Father Joseph Franz and Father Art Mattulke concelebrated the graduation Mass. Father Mahoney addressed the congregation in his homily, and encouraged […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has made the following appointments. Father Johnson Machado has been named the parochial vicar of Family of Parishes #29: Most Precious Blood, Angola; St. Anthony, Farnham; St. Francis of Assisi, Athol Springs; St. Mary of the Lake, Hamburg; and St. John Paul II, Lake View. This was effective March 15, and […]
