Office of Communications
795
Main Street l
Buffalo, NY 14203
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Public Relations
The Office of Communications serves as the primary
contact with the secular and religious media regarding
diocesan issues. All communications originate from our
office and we also provide communications services to
parishes, schools and other Catholic institutions in the
Diocese of Buffalo.
We also handle all media inquiries for Bishop Edward U.
Kmiec (left), 13th Bishop of Buffalo.
Current news releases and an archive of news releases
are available –
The official newspaper of the Diocese of Buffalo,
distributed free of charge through more than 260 Catholic
parishes and institutions in the eight counties Western
New York the first weekend of each month.
Click
here to
visit our paper where you can read the entire paper
on-line.
Daybreak now produces the Daily Mass, the award-winning
Our
Daily Bread,
which airs the second Saturday of each month at Noon on WKBW-TV,
Channel 7
and the Daily Mass from St. Joseph Cathedral. The mass is
recorded each weekday morning at Our Lady Chapel in the
cathedral and distributed to Time Warner Cable for same
day broadcast in Erie and Niagara counties. Daybreak also
produces the Sunday Televised Mass that airs Sunday
mornings at 7:30 on WUTV
(Fox 29).
Daybreak also produces Matters of Faith, a
monthly program addressing major issues in the Diocese of
Buffalo and the Catholic Church, as well as documentaries.
Daybreak is available for creating many types of video
projects.
Telecommunications distributes Catholic programs to
network affiliates and cable systems throughout the
Diocese. Programs include the Daily Mass, the Sunday
Televised Mass, Matters of Faith and Our
Daily Bread.
For more information about our television programming,
call (716) 847-8728, or E-mail
The radio studios at the Catholic Center in downtown
Buffalo are used to produce weekly programs, like
Catholic
Today,
a Sunday Liturgy of the Word for radio; Western New
York Catholic Weekly, heard on stations around the
Diocese and Praying
Twice,
featuring the best in Contemporary Christian Music on
Saturday nights from 9 to 11 on The Station of the Cross,
WLOF-FM, 101.7 (Buffalo) or WHIC-AM, 1460 (Rochester).
The services of Radio Ministry are also available for
on-location recording of speakers or events, as well as
in-studio projects.
Some of the music included in our radio programs is
courtesy of PraiseDisc.
The Catholic Directory
of the Diocese of Buffalo
In the first quarter of each year, our office publishes
a directory for the Diocese which includes listings for
all parishes and institutions, diocesan statistics and
departments, and priests, deacons, and religious.
For information on obtaining a copy of the Diocesan
Directory, call our office at (716) 847-8719 or FAX an
inquiry to (716) 847-8722. Please include your mailing
address and telephone number. Inquiries may also be
E-mailed to