At 38, Mark Bialkowski is unusually young for a deacon, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t put a lot of thought into his vocation. As a teen, he joined the St. Joseph Club, a program for young men discerning priesthood. From there he spent three years living at the John Paul II Residence in North […]
The word on everyone’s lips was joy. And Buffalo never needed joy more than right now. The Diocese of Buffalo welcomed three new permanent deacons on May 21 during a special Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral. “My brothers and sisters, this is a joyful day; a day when we celebrate an ancient rite of ordination […]