Sep 16, 2026 | News & Photos, Upcoming Events
Explore Buffalo Visits Blessed Trinity
Saturday, October 31, 2026
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Skulls— devils— monsters— graveyards: Just symbols we associate with Halloween?
You’ll find them all in the medieval iconography displayed on the facade of Blessed Trinity Church when you take the October 31 tour of this Buffalo Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Step inside and follow an All-Saints Day procession of more than 100 angels and saints from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament making their way to heaven in the church’s great dome. Docents will highlight the spectacular interior details of the church and its extensive display of Christian symbolism. Enjoy All-Hallows’ Eve selections on the church’s 1927 Tellers-Kent pipe organ and vocalizations by the Angel of Music.
Completed in 1928 at a cost of over a half million dollars, the church is considered one of the purest examples of 12th Century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the United States. The exceptional level of artisanship involved in its creation marks Blessed Trinity as a work of art that can never be replicated.
Reservations required. Make yours at Explore Buffalo.
Meet at Blessed Trinity Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14214.
Check-in at 1:45 p.m. Tour begins at 2:00 p.m.
Ample parking is available behind the church and adjacent to the wheelchair ramp on its east side.
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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.
