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Today, the people throughout Western New York are the beneficiaries and powerful legacy of faith and models of service. We are commissioned through our baptism to continue to deepen our own faith, share and witness that faith to others, and serve one another. We are called to continue and pass on our heritage of faith and service to future generations.
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The Synod calls us to become a Church that gets up, one that is not turned in on itself, but capable of pressing forward, leaving behind its own prisons and setting out to meet the world, with the courage to open doors. Let’s walk together as a Church with the Holy Spirit.
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National Eucharistic Revival
Our world is hurting. We all need healing, yet many of us are separated from the very source of our strength. Jesus Christ invites us to return to the source and summit of our faith—his Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist.
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- Missionary spirit still thrives in Niagara County March 27, 2023“Last but not least,” said Bishop Michael W. Fisher as he welcomed the congregation to the final vicariate Mass marking the Buffalo Diocese’s 175th anniversary. Those who worship in the Eastern Niagara-Orleans vicariate met at St. John the Baptist Parish in Lockport on March 24. “Such richness in history,” Bishop Fisher said. “I welcome in […]
- God’s radical call March 27, 2023“The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel.” With these two compelling sentences – as recorded in the Gospel of Mark – Jesus inaugurates his ministry and sums up what his mission is about: to break the shackles of sin that enslave humanity, to put us on the path of […]
- Pope Francis invites Catholics to renew consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25 March 24, 2023VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has invited Catholics to annually renew an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25. The solemnity of the Annunciation on Saturday marks one year since Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. Peter’s Basilica with a prayer asking for […]
October 25, 2022
Attorney General Lawsuit
Diocese of Buffalo and NY Attorney General Agree to Settle Lawsuit
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Synod 2022-2023
Learn from one another as we explore what our Church has done well and in which it needs to improve and change.
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For the latest information regarding the Coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the Diocese of Buffalo.