Apr 15, 2026 | Architecture, News & Photos, Upcoming Events
Photo credit: Carol Yetto
Blessed Trinity’s Sacred Sites Open House
Saturday, May 16, 2026
11 AM – 3 PM
We have been part of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Annual Statewide Sacred Sites Weekend for all of its sixteen years, and we are once again happy to welcome you to Blessed Trinity R. C. Church on Saturday, May 16.
We are a perfect fit for this year’s theme of “Holding Community Memories.” Our congregants have been holding community memories for more than a century, and we look forward to sharing them with you as part of our construction centennial celebration.
Built between 1923 and 1928, this architectural landmark was the third worship site for a working-class congregation formed in 1906. It is hard to imagine how Rev. Albert Fritton persuaded his predominantly German and Irish immigrant parishioners to fund construction of this near-perfect replication of twelfth century Lombard-Romanesque architecture but build it they did. Docents will share parish lore along with their knowledge of this awe-inspiring structure with its handmade bricks, extensive use of terra cotta, fascinating medieval iconography, and display of more than 2,000 Christian symbols—all “made in America” by local tradesmen and artisans. While highlighting recent restoration efforts, they may also include personal memories of how these upgrades were almost undone by an airborne motor vehicle.
While diocesan parish consolidation has affected every faith community, Blessed Trinity continues as an anchor in its East Buffalo neighborhood. Visit us on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 11 AM – 3 PM, and don’t forget your camera for the Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Photo Contest. Located at 317 Leroy Avenue (between Fillmore and Grider), the church is wheelchair accessible with ample off-street parking.
Mar 17, 2026 | Architecture, News & Photos, Upcoming Events
Explore Buffalo Visits Blessed Trinity
Saturday, April 11, 2026
2 – 3:30 PM
Explore Buffalo is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization with a mission of promoting Buffalo and Western New York history, architecture, and neighborhoods. On Saturday, April 11, Blessed Trinity will be their featured Sacred Sites tour.
Built between 1925 and 1928, Blessed Trinity Church is considered to be the purest replication of twelfth century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the USA. In addition to its listing on the National Register of Historic Places, it is a NYS Historical Site and was the first architectural landmark recognized by Buffalo’s Landmark & Preservation Board in 1977.
Experienced docents will be on hand to highlight our building’s history and design and share their knowledge of its art and architecture, including its unique handmade bricks set in a style dating back to the Middle Ages, the extensive use of terra cotta in its construction, and the fantastic array of Christian symbolism found in its sculpture and artwork. Visitors will enjoy the added bonus of seeing the church decorated for Easter, the most significant feast day on the Christian calendar.
Weather permitting, the 90-minute tourism opportunity will include an interpretation of the building’s ornate facade.
Our church is wheelchair accessible, and Explore Buffalo asks that you enter through the church’s east (ramp side) door. There is ample off-street parking behind the church and adjacent to the east side door.
Click HERE to make your reservation now with Explore Buffalo.
Oct 11, 2025 | News & Photos, Upcoming Events
You’re Invited to a Fall Wine Tasting
Friday, November 7, 2025
7:00 9:00 PM
St. Charles Hall
Blessed Trinity’s “most fun” fundraiser is back—a Fall Wine Tasting on Friday, November 7, from 7-9 PM, featuring a variety of wines to sample and savor, accompanied by delicious hors d’oeuvres, beer, non-alcoholic beverages and desserts. Please mark your calendar, invite your friends, and plan to join us for a lovely evening. Pre-sale tickets are available now for a donation of $50.00 per person by calling the rectory office (716-833-0301) or Bud & Mickey Dick (716-832-2540). Proceeds will help defray the cost of replacing the rectory boiler.
Jun 18, 2025 | News & Photos, Upcoming Events
Stations of the Cross
Blessed Trinity Church
Photo credit: Margaret Dick
Carol Mullins of “Quiet Whispers Ministry”
Presents
St. Mary of Magdala: Leading Us Closer to Jesus,
“Him whom my soul loves”
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ms. Mullins presents an evening of reflection centered around the person and ministry of St. Mary of Magdala, including discussion of the misrepresentation of this saint throughout history, her contributions to the faith, and how we, as modern-day Christians, can follow her example of faith and action. This is the premier of the program, which was researched and created by Ms. Mullins at the request of the Ladies Sodality of Blessed Trinity. It will also feature her original musical compositions.
Blessed Trinity Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is known for the display of more than two-thousand Christian symbols in its art and architecture. A parish docent will identify Mary of Magdala’s appearances in that artwork, as well as symbols that speak to her misrepresentation in church history.
The program will conclude with fellowship and refreshments in St. Charles Hall, located behind the church. The event is supported by The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and a free-will-offering will be taken.
Reservations are required. Please email Nancy Langer at nmlanger [at] gmail [dot] com or call or text her at 716-984-5146.
Blessed Trinity Church is located at
317 Leroy Avenue (between Fillmore and Grider),
Buffalo, New York 14214
The Landmark church is wheelchair accessible with ample off-street parking.
Apr 28, 2025 | News & Photos, Upcoming Events
Blessed Trinity’s Sacred Sites Open House
Saturday, May 17, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Blessed Trinity Church is happy to participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s fifteenth annual statewide Sacred Sites Weekend, with its theme of Building for Eternity: Religious Architecture and Artisans. Reflecting on the restoration and reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Conservancy rightly points out that “New York State’s religious buildings are a remarkable repository of artistry and craftsmanship,” and invites New Yorkers to explore them “without needing a passport.”
And no one will be checking Real ID at Blessed Trinity. Visitors will be transported to northern Italy and travel back more than 800 years as they encounter one of the purest examples of 12th Century Lombard Romanesque-style architecture in the U.S., but very much “made in America.”
Designed by architects Chester Oakley and Albert Schallmo, the church was “[built] for eternity” between 1923 and 1928 by a working-class congregation of primarily German and Irish immigrants at a cost of $513,000. In 1976, while valuing it at $4.25 million, a commercial appraisal company lamented that it could not be reproduced because “similar craftsmen needed to do the work are no longer available.” More recently, its uniqueness was recognized by Director Alejandro Monteverde who chose it as a setting for scenes in Angel Studios “Cabrini,” the 2024 biopic of St. Frances Cabrini.
Welcoming docents will identify some of the local artisans who created this masterpiece and help you appreciate the building’s outstanding features: handmade bricks produced and set in a medieval fashion; the large-scale use of ceramics including an elaborate display of medieval iconography on the terra cotta portico; and more than 2,000 symbols summarizing Christian beliefs in paintings, sculpture, mosaic floor tiles, metal and woodworking.
Come see for yourself on Saturday, May17, 2025. from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Located at 317 Leroy Avenue (between Fillmore & Grider), the Landmark church is wheelchair accessible with ample off-street parking.
Other participating WNY houses of worship include:
The Buffalo Religious Arts Center, Saturday, 12 Noon – 3 p.m.
Central Park United Methodist, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Corpus Christi R.C. Church, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Temple Beth Zion, Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m.
Historic Holy Trinity Church, Niagara Falls, NY, Sunday, 12 Noon – 3 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Medina, NY, Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m.
Apr 7, 2025 | News & Photos, Upcoming Events
Women Honoring Women Who
Have Influenced Our Lives
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Just in time for Mother’s Day, our Ladies Sodality is “Honoring Women” at our general membership meeting. All women of our Parish Family are invited to take part by introducing us to women who have influenced your lives. Bring your special person to life by sharing memories, life-changing moments, lessons learned—whatever made you love and revere this woman. If you are lucky enough to still have her in your life, invite your honoree to attend with you. Feel free to bring photos and/or treasured memorabilia. The meeting will take place in St. Charles Hall following the 10AM Mass on Sunday, May 4. Please let us know you will be there by using the message template below. The reservation deadline is Monday, April 28.
