News, Events, Notices and Memories

Our docent team of Mickey Dick, Rafael Rondon, Gary Weber, and Nancy Yaeger welcomed thirty-five visitors with Explore Buffalo for a holiday season tour on Wednesday, December 29. The weather cooperated, allowing everyone to examine our unique brickwork and extensive...

  Biblical Scholar Barbara Shanahan led off a series of Advent reflections with "Reimaging Hope" on Nov 30, 2021, at Blessed Trinity. Discussion will continue weekly on ZOOM during December.      

On Sunday, December 19, 2021, the St. John Paul II Schola Cantorum presented an Advent Service of Lessons and Carols at Blessed Trinity, performing works by Byrd, Handl-Gallus, Hassler, Praetorius, Rheinberger, Victoria and others. Lessons and Carols is a service of...

Project Welcome!  Afghani Families Relocate to Buffalo – In an extension of Christian love of neighbor and our City of Good Neighbors hospitality, assistance is needed to help Afghani families who are relocating to Buffalo.  Immediate needs include: Winter Wear Winter...

You'll be stepping back in time when you attend services this weekend. In anticipation of filming for the as yet untitled movie about Francesca ("Mother") Cabrini (1850-1917), electricians were hard at work on Friday taking Blessed Trinity back to the early 19th...

Although we do not yet have a restart day for Saturday Bingo, Blessed Trinity's Thursday night bingo has, indeed, returned! It was a pleasure to welcome back so many of our longtime patrons -- and a few attending for the first time – on July 22. We hope we'll be...

If you drive down Leroy this week, you may see these brightly clad folks painting the home of a 93-year-old veteran who lives across the street from our church. Blessed Trinity has been happy to assist Eight Days of Hope volunteers with off-street parking and a green...

Follow your morning prayers with a very special cup of coffee made from our very own 3-in-1 Trinity Blend Premium Coffee. It's locally produced by Golden Cup and available in 12 oz. bags and K-cups. Place your order with Cathy Cummings, 716-892-4240.

  Summertime, and a lot is happening at Blessed Trinity. On June 30, two troublesome pine trees in front of the rectory were removed by Mays Tree Service. Our Blessed Lady kept her protective watch as the work progressed, and Father Bob collected photographic...

Members of the choir and Father Bob performed “on the road,” much to the surprise and delight of Helen Roddy Gray on the eve of her ninety-third birthday. Helen joined in singing a variety of hymns ranging from a favorite spiritual to traditional Latin. Following the...

What a difference a year makes! Repairs to the two retaining walls and stair treads destroyed by the disastrous July 2020 car crash have now been completed.

The Outdoor Parish Social following Mass on Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2021, provided the perfect opportunity to search out the site of a church construction photo taken almost a 100 years ago. Armed with copies of a photo of bricklayer Frank Gajewski provided by his...

"Holy, Holy, Holy ... God in three Persons, Blessed Trinity." Our Feast Day Celebration on Trinity Sunday began with prayers led by Father Gebhard and tolling of the original church bell. A song-filled procession into church for Celebration of Mass followed.

Blessed Trinity celebrates its feast day on May 30, Trinity Sunday 2021. This is also the 115th anniversary year of the founding of the parish, and Sunday’s service will begin with a tolling of the bell which hung in the combination church and school built in 1907....

The Catholic Central Helping Hands Food Pantry is now operating EVERY Wednesday. Individuals living in Zip Codes 14214 and 14215 who are in need of supplemental food supplies may stop by St. Charles Hall, 350 Dewey Avenue, between 9:30am and 1:30pm on Wednesdays to...

A Big THANK YOU - In a spirit of deep gratitude, our parish family joins in thanking Roy Laciura, parishioner and parish bookkeeper, as he retires from his position of stewardship, having served this parish and the Diocese of Buffalo for many, many years. Roy has been...

A photographer from WKBW-TV Channel 7 filmed our Easter Sunday Liturgy, which featured a brass quintet from the Buffalo Philharmonic. A reduced-size COVID choir was accompanied by Elizabeth Clay on the church's 1927 Teller-Kent organ. A portion was re-broadcast on...

Psalm 100 tells us to "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands." Blessed Trinity is privileged to have members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra joining us on Easter Sunday to fill our sacred space with beautiful music. Featured will be a Brass Prelude...

  Thursday, December 24 9:30 PM - Choral Preludes - Blessed Trinity Choir 10:00 PM - Christmas Eve Mass Friday, December 25 The Nativity of the Lord 10:00 AM - Mass of Christmas Day Friday, January 1 The Solemnity of Mary 10:00 AM - Mass for the...

Rev. Robert Gebhard Rev. Robert L. Gebhard, Jr., appointed as temporary administrator of Blessed Trinity Parish in October 2020, celebrated Masses with his new congregation on All Saints weekend. "Father Bob" was introduced and officially welcomed at the October 31st...

Sister Flavia Dampf, our former pastoral associate, was called home to God's loving embrace on Saturday, October 24, 2020, at the age of 96 following years of dedicated service to the Lord. She passed away at the Clarence Residence of the Sisters of St. Joseph, where...