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"It is with great joy that we receive the news of a new Bishop for the Diocese of Buffalo. As our shepherd, Bishop Michael William Fisher is charged with the task of leading our Diocese closer to Jesus. As we are aware, this is a challenging and difficult task now...

A Pastoral Letter to the Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Buffalo Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger   Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger Pastoral Letter - Diocese of Buffalo

To All My Fellow Parishioners, I want to thank everyone for your support over the last six months. You helped make my short tenure as the Temporary Parish Administrator an easier one than I had anticipated because of your prayers and words of encouragement. But as St....

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CATHOLIC CITIZENSHIP YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST The Knights of Columbus Council here at St Mary's is sponsoring a Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest. It is open for young Catholic students in grades 8-12, and requires each entry to submit an essay of...

Dear Parish Family and Friends,   THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! for your overwhelming support and words of encouragement as we endeavored to acquire medical-grade air purifiers for our school! YOU MADE IT HAPPEN!!! Combined with our school families’...

To St. Mary’s Parishioners and Daily Mass Attendees:    Please accept my thanks for your warm welcome to me during the past few months as I celebrated morning Mass while you awaited a new Pastor.  It has been a joy to be with you all.  You were all most gracious,...

  https://youtu.be/x9ALiG7r8gk “Oh my God, teach me to be generous, to serve as you deserve to be served, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fear of being wounded, to work without seeking rest, and to spend myself without expecting any reward,...

October 10, 2020   To My Fellow Parishioners, Fr. Jack has been reminding us each weekend at Mass to pray a “Hail Mary” so God will send us a good and holy priest. As my homily this weekend expressed, that with prayer and petition, God will provide, I have...

Letter from Apostolic Adminstrator, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger- Weekend of September 19-20, 2020 to the Faithful in Buffalo Letter to the Catholic Faithful - Road to Renewal SURVEY EXTENDED TO 10/19 The Road to Renewal is seeking input from throughout our Diocese...

Last weekend, we ran a soft launch of our NEW LIVE STREAM equipment for St. Mary's! If you were watching on our YouTube Channel, you may have noticed us playing with and testing all the bells and whistles that this system has to offer. We were very excited to see the...

The USCCB offers Catholics an opportunity to prepare for voting in the upcoming presidential election.   The-Challenge-of-Forming-Consciences-for-Faithful-Citizenship-Part-1    

My brothers and sisters at St. Mary’s, Greetings from Canisius College! First, a word of explanation – there are two types of priests in the Catholic Church: diocesan priests and religious priests.  Diocesan priests promise celibacy when they are ordained transitional...

20th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Unity in Our Broken World Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 - Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 - Matthew 15: 21-28   A little girl asked her mother, “Mom, where did the human race come from?” The mother answered, “God created Adam and Eve and they had...

The Feast of the Assumption is on August 15th, and since this date falls on a Saturday, it is not a holyday of obligation.  Masses will be held on Friday, August 14th at 5:30PM, (our annual outdoor Mass) and Saturday, August 15th at 9:00AM.   The outdoor Mass will...

  Thank you to all who participated in the Drive Thru Picnic and Virtual Chowder Chase this year! Completed finance reports show a total profit of $57,017. 3585 Raffle tickets were sold with a profit totaling $49,201 making it one of the largest raffle ticket...