A parish community just outside of Baltimore held a conference to show how they rebuilt their parish. Some of their ideas will be coming to the Buffalo Diocese. Father Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran of the Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland, found that their parish wasn’t working as well as it […]
The Diocese of Buffalo has completed a weeklong series of vicariate meetings during which details on the Chapter 11 settlement allocation methodology were shared with parish leadership, including clergy, trustees, business managers and chairpersons of the finance and parish councils. At those meetings, parish leaders were provided an overview of the $150 million settlement, which […]
Today, the Diocese of Buffalo hosted the first in a weeklong series of vicariate meetings to share details on the Chapter 11 settlement allocation methodology with parish leadership, including all clergy, trustees, business managers and chairpersons of the finance and parish councils. At these meetings, parish leaders will be provided an overview of the proposed […]
Seats are still available for the Diocese of Buffalo’s 2025 Renewal Conference, to be held Friday, May 16 in the Adamski Center at St. Stanislaus Parish, 389 Peckham Street off Fillmore Avenue in Buffalo, across the street from the church. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. This year’s theme is Renewing in a Time […]
The diocesan Office of Renewal will host the 2025 Renewal Conference, “Renewing in a Time of Challenge” on Friday, May 16, at St. Stanislaus Parish. The conference is an opportunity for Catholic leaders – both laity and clergy – from across the Diocese of Buffalo to come together in prayer and purpose, renewing the mission […]
During a meeting held last evening, the Diocese of Buffalo announced that Holy Cross Parish, deemed to merge and close in final decisions reached in September, will remain open on Buffalo’s West Side. The church at 345 Seventh St., Buffalo, originally scheduled to remain open during initial recommendations communicated in May 2024, was suggested to […]
In response to the second request from five Buffalo area Catholics, and an anonymous priest, for a visit from the Vatican regarding Bishop Michael W. Fisher, the Diocese of Buffalo offers the following statement on Bishop Fisher’s tenure in the Diocese of Buffalo. Refusal to acknowledge the changing landscape of the Catholic Church in Western […]
In a story that ran Dec. 31 in The Buffalo News, the front-page article detailed merger decrees recently issued to two parishes that are scheduled to become secondary worship sites. In the story, St. Benedict in Eggertsville and St. Bernadette in Orchard Park are featured and the story’s premise is that the parishes were slated […]
With some of his own parishes about to close, Father Bill Quinlivan used his time at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine to ask for healing for those suffering from the closing or merging of their parishes. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · November 4, 2024 – Diocesan Renewal prayed over in Fatima Shrine Healing […]
Calling it a “significant day in the life of our diocese,” Bishop Michael W. Fisher, along with Father Bryan Zielenieski announced the final decisions for the parish mergers and closings in the Diocese of Buffalo at a news conference Sept. 10 at the downtown Catholic Center. Bishop Fisher explained the renewal process is to ensure […]
