The Downtown Family of Catholic Parishes will offer several Pillars of Lent events this week at five their six locations. This week’s prayer opportunities are many and diverse. From a classroom setting of learning about the Bible’s book of Psalms to the group service of the beautiful Stations of the Cross. Enjoy fellowship after prayer […]
Ash Wednesday services conducted through the Downtown Family of Catholic Parishes included Mass with ashes at: 12:05 p.m. St. Louis Church 12:10 p.m. St. Joseph Cathedral 6 p.m. St. Anthony of Padua Church (Latin Mass) Ashes Distribution only will occur at: 5:15 p.m. St. Michael Church 7 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.
Msgr. W. Jerome Sullivan, longtime pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Parish in Hamburg, died Sept. 8, 2023. He was 87. The son of William and Gertrude (Walters) Sullivan was born July 17, 1936, in Cuba, N.Y. He attended SS. Peter & Paul School in Williamsville and the Diocesan Preparatory Seminary in Buffalo. He […]
Holy Thursday is commemorated in the Roman Catholic Church by the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, remembering the Last Supper eaten by Jesus Christ before His betrayal, arrest and ultimately the Crucifixion. While many worshipers go home following the Mass and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, some do not consider the night complete until […]
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 […]
Sister Mary Raymond Heckler died at Mercy Center, Buffalo, on April 29, 2022. She was 79 years old. Born Mary Lou Heckler in South Buffalo, Nov. 10, 1942, to Floyd and Elizabeth (Griffin) Heckler, she attended St. Teresa Elementary School and was taught by the Sisters of Mercy. On Sept. 8, 1961, she entered the […]
