St Mary's Church, Swormville

Our church celebrates the conclusion of the Liturgical year with the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. The Gospel takes us to the trial in John’s Gospel in which Je...

This weekend we begin a new liturgical year, the Advent Season, and the beginning of a milestone celebration for St. Mary’s. Advent 2021 starts our three-year preparation for our...

Consider this… The End As we quickly approach the end of the liturgical year, we hear about the end times. This week and next weekend focus our attention on being prepared f...

One of the basic ‘ground rules’ for any priest that is assigned as Pastor to a new assignment is; ‘Don’t change anything for a year.’ The idea behind this is the new priest needs ...

Ready or not, here comes November! As we wrap up October, of course, thoughts of children and adults are on Halloween. This holiday is second in the United States only to Christma...

A major clean-up initiative has begun at our parish cemetery. Improvements to date include power washing and painting of our central monument, removing overgrown shrubs, trimming...

Have you ever had a time in your life in which you became a little full of yourself? Some would call this ego, or self-absorption when it becomes extreme, but if we are honest wit...

Time is moving so quickly! It is hard to believe that Halloween is next weekend. I’m sure the Christmas music will be heard on the radio soon, and we are hearing on the news that ...

Consider this… What’s holding you back? Have you ever had someone tell you that you’re not giving it your all? Or, have you ever worked on a project that you just weren’t int...

I like to think of myself as a semi-organized person, however if you were to walk into my office and look at my desk and shelves many would probably disagree. Yet amongst my organ...

One of the many challenges a Pastor faces in today’s day and age is tempering the radicalness of the Gospel with the desire for a ‘feel good’ message. The past several weeks our r...

Consider this… Catechetical Sunday This weekend we recognize all who teach the next generation. The vocation of teaching is one that is a true gift and needs to be recognized...

Jesus asks his disciples this weekend the question: ‘Who do people say that I am?’ We are disciples, so what is our response? How do we describe Jesus to someone who doesn’t know ...

Our faith can be challenging and difficult when what we believe comes in direct conflict with what is happening in our lives or in the world. Today, I find that relativism has tak...

It is hard to believe that this is the last Sunday of August already. Where did summer go? This week our parish begins to welcome our teachers, faculty and staff back to the schoo...

In August of 2020, then Administrator, Bishop Scharfenberger saw the need for the Diocese of Buffalo to plan for moving forward from many factors that were all impacting the Dioce...

Parish Feast Day’s are a time for all parishioners to really reflect on what the value of our parish is. Our parish, named for Our Lady of the Assumption, speaks to the sinless ch...

This weekend we welcome Fr. Andy Garner to our parish. Fr. Andy is a priest in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky and is here to speak about our support of the mission work in the...

Consider this… MY Body, MY Blood, don’t be unbelieving, but believe! Over the next several weeks we will be taking a break from Mark’s Gospel to hear the ‘Bread of Life Discourse...

Some would consider summer a time for vacations, relaxation, and maybe even a chance to ‘catch up’. I hope that all of us get to experience some aspect of these as we move into th...