Welcome home and welcome back. Holy Cross Parish hosted an African Thanksgiving Mass and bazaar in celebration of the diverse culture of the many nations of Africa and its contributions to the Diocese of Buffalo. A Buffalo tradition, this was the first bazaar held since the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. “Welcome home,” said Father Felix […]
Sister Mary Helen Buscarino, the founder and namesake of Lockport’s Sister Helen’s Food Pantry, died Aug. 30, 2022. She was 98 years old and had recently celebrated her 80th Jubilee of religious life. Sister Helen was the first child born to Carmelo and Alfonsa Buscarino in Racalmuto, Sicily on April 21, 1924. Her lifelong journey […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has appointed Father Czeslaw M. Krysa as the administrator of St. Bernard Parish in Buffalo in addition to his role as rector of St. Casimir Church. This was effective April 2. The provincial superior of the Vincentian Fathers has informed us that Father Aiden R. Rooney, CM, will be leaving the […]
Yvon Dimiyo and Jim Cantella, both candidates in the permanent diaconate, help with the renovations at Holy Cross Parish on Buffalo’s West Side. (Photo courtesy of the permanent diaconate) A group of deacon candidates had their first experience of hands-on ministry as they spent a day serving the people of Holy Cross Parish on Buffalo’s […]
Father Dennis W. Mende, a longtime fixture in Jamestown, died Sept. 8, 2021. The pastor of Holy Apostles and St. James parishes was 74. Born Dec. 7, 1946, in Franklin, New Jersey, to Rudolph and Margaret (Torok) Mende, Father Mende was educated in the Kenmore area attending Sweet Home Central School, Herbert Hoover Jr. High […]
Things are really cooking at Holy Cross Parish thanks to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Buffalo institution donated a new stove to the Lower West Side church and brought its kitchen up to code with a new exhaust fan. A cancer hospital and a largely Hispanic church may seem to be an unlikely alliance, […]
