St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

https://www.buffalodiocese.org/consecration-to-st-joseph

The Diocese of Buffalo will begin a 33 day Consecration to St.Joseph on Feb. 15 that will continue through March 15.

Praise God, we can come back to church again!

We have resumed the regular Mass schedule, along with Adoration on Thursdays from 10-7pm and confessions from 6-7pm on Thursdays and anytime by appointment.

The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days is temporarily dispensed due to the current circumstances. If you are sick or elderly or immune comprimised, it would be best to stay home and away from other people. 

Currently, we are at limited capacity. Please space out from each other and use your common sense. There is seating in the basement, to view Mass on the TV, and up in the choir loft. We will ask people to sanitize the pews between Masses. Please wear masks, if possible.

WELCOME BACK!  We can worship together again!
GOD BE PRAISED !


 

Join us every Friday during Lent at 7pm to meditate on our Lord's passion. 

We realize that times are challenging financially right now for many people. We would ask you to consider making your weekly donation, if possible, to the Church via the mail.  St. Mary's still has bills that need to be paid during this time also. St. Mary's Church, PO Box 189, Canaseraga, NY 14822

Beginning in 2015, The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., Inc. (“Foundation”) began soliciting donations to its “Upon this Rock” (“UTR”) capital and endowment campaign.  The UTR campaign raised funds for many purposes, including soliciting funds for making essential upgrades to classroom facilities and technology of Christ the King Seminary (“CKS”), expanding CKS’s role as a center of retreat and religious celebration, and establishing an endowment fund for CKS. Unfortunately, in early 2020, CKS’s Board of Trustees determined that CKS would close at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year. CKS’s closure will make it impossible for the Foundation to use the UTR funds raised for CKS for their original intended purposes.  However, under New York law, when the original purposes for which funds are donated become impossible to achieve, those purposes can be modified in a manner consistent with original intent by the New York State courts. For many years, CKS provided education and formation for ordained and lay ecclesial ministers in the Diocese of Buffalo and beyond. Accordingly, the Foundation has asked the New York State Supreme Court for the County of Erie to approve a modification of the purposes of UTR funds raised for CKS so that those funds can be used to support the education and formation for ordained and lay ecclesial ministry in the Diocese of Buffalo, as determined in the discretion of the Foundation’s Board.

If you have donated to UTR and would like to be heard regarding this requested modification, you may send a letter to: The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., Inc., attention Executive Director, 795 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 14203 or an email to donor.info@frcdb.org. Copies of letters or email received by the Foundation will be provided to the Court.  You may also make a formal filing in the legal proceeding entitled Matter of the Modification of Endowment Funds of The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo N.Y., Inc., Erie County Index No. 814747/2020. In order for your submission to be available for the Court’s consideration, please be sure to send any letter or email, or make any filing, no later than Friday, April 9, 2021.

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- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.