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 […]
In the rough waters of parish mergers, the Greater East Buffalo Family of Parishes is trying to make their transitions as smooth as possible for its parishioners. For three weekends in March, the family held a series of Heritage Masses where the sacramental records of St. John Gualbert Parish in Cheektowaga and St. John Kanty […]
Sister Mary Virgilyn Grabowski, 81, a Felician Sister for 63 years, died in Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent, Buffalo on Jan. 11, 2025. The former Carol Ann Grabowski was born on Dec. 17, 1943, in Erie, Pennsylvania. She entered the Buffalo Province of the Felician Sisters on June 25, 1961, and professed perpetual vows on […]
Sister Mary Alisette Skotnicki, 92, a Felician Sister for 75 years, died in Buffalo General Hospital on Sept. 8, 2024. The former Eugenia Skotnicki was born on Oct. 11, 1931, in Buffalo to Helen (Kordasiewicz) and Stanley Skotnicki, she grew up as a member of St. Florian Parish. After graduating from Immaculate Heart of Mary […]
The Diocese of Buffalo celebrated its fourth annual Renewal Mass with a little advice from Yogi Berra. The New York Yankees catcher, famous for his malapropisms, once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” “I think this quip, upon further reflection, makes sense,” said Bishop Michael W. Fisher addressing the […]
The diocesan Road to Renewal team invites everyone to the fourth annual Renewal Mass, Sunday, Aug. 25 at St. Stanislaus Parish. The evening will begin at 4:30 p.m. with praying the rosary and undoing the third knot of the renewal ropes. Mass will begin at 5 p.m. Families participating in the Alpha program will be […]
For the past 17 years, Broadway Fillmore Alive, a local neighborhood preservation group, has kept the Holy Thursday tradition of the seven Churches Visitation alive by organizing a self-guided pilgrimage to historic churches in the Broadway-Fillmore/Polonia, Downtown, First Ward and Kaisertown areas. The tradition of entering seven churches to pray before the Blessed Sacrament mimics […]
Priests, deacons and staff from urban parishes gathered for a City Ministry Conference to learn how to do more with less. Sponsored by the Renewal and Development Team, the Jan. 23 meeting at St. Stanislaus Parish in Buffalo was held to guide urban parishes as they set pillar goals in their families. Nationally known evangelist […]
The annual Polish Ancestors Day and All Souls Mass will take place at St. Stanislaus Cemetery on Sunday, Nov. 5. A Mass for the souls of deceased clergy, religious and all lay members of the community, will be offered at 3 p.m. inside the Resurrection Mausoleum Chapel at the cemetery. Beginning at 1 p.m. experts […]
The church at 123 Townsend St. on Buffalo’s East Side is known by several names. Officially it is St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Church. But for most of our area, it is known as St. Stan’s, the mother church for Western New York Polonia. On Sunday, June 4 during the Feast of the Most Holy […]
