News, Events, Notices and Memories
Holy Week 2022- Schedule of Services
Holy Week 2022 Blessed Trinity Church Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord - April 10 Blessing of Palms and Holy Mass Sunday, 10:00 a.m. (There will no 4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 9) Weekday Masses April 11 - April 13 Monday - Wednesday at 11:00...
Understanding America’s Great Migration, Apr 5, 2022, In-Person & Live-Streamed
Fr. Ron Sajdak invites us to be part of a community conversation based on this conscience-altering masterwork by Isabel Wilkerson. The presentation will also be live-streamed at clarencepresby.org.
Journey with Our Family of Parishes – Lent 2022
Our Parish Family of Catholic Churches invites you to journey with us this 2022 Lenten season. Pray The Way of the Cross Each Friday features In-Person Stations of the Cross from a different parish beginning at 6:30 PM. Also available on Facebook Live except on March...
Tenebrae Service, Friday, April 8, 2022 at 7 PM
Please plan to pray with us at this special prelude to Holy Week, an adaptation of the Liturgy of Tenebrae (meaning “darkness” or “shadows”). This sacred service features seven readings relating the story of Jesus' passion and death with sung response by the St. John...
New time for Bible Study as of Feb. 15, 2022
Bible Study on ZOOM continues at 4PM on Tuesdays. You can participate every Tuesday from the comfort of your home and not have to worry about inclement weather or rush-hour traffic. Click this ZOOM link and join us as we continue our study of Luke's Gospel.
In Memoriam, 2022
Marjorie J. Nelson, '41 February 26, 1928 - January 1, 2022 Michael D. Cunningham, '64 January 31, 2022 Ann E. Slomba Kowalczyk, '53 January 10, 1940 - February 8, 2022 John LaMonte, '54 April 3, 1941 - April 9, 2022 Catherine H....
Bishop’s Visits Mark End of 2021, Beginning of 2022
Bishop Fisher officiated at Jan. 16th Annual Diocesan Mass in Remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo credit: Margaret Dick His Excellency Bishop Michael Fisher celebrated the 10am Mass at Blessed Trinity on Sunday, December 19, 2021, marking his first visit...
Inside Blessed Trinity Church
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Explore Buffalo’s Holiday Visit to Blessed Trinity
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...
Advent Presentation by Biblical Scholar
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.
Meet the St. John Paul II Schola Cantorum
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
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...
Church Readied for “Cabrini” Filming, Sept 5, 2021
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...
Annual Alumni Mass and Reception Set for Sept 19, 2021
Alumni Mass – This year’s Annual Alumni Mass will be held at Blessed Trinity Church on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 10:00 AM. Following last year’s COVID cancellation, we are so looking forward to welcoming back alumni from all classes and their families. A reception...
Blessed Trinity, University Presbyterian featured on 2021 Virtual Statewide Tour of Churches
New York Landmarks Conservancy Virtual Statewide Tour of Churches Thursday, August 19. 2021, 6 – 7 PM You may have visited Blessed Trinity during one of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Open House Weekends – an annual event held each May from 2010-19....
Annual Alumni Gathering Returns on Sept 19, 2021
Although The COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellation of our 2020 Memorial Mass and all-class reception, relaxed restrictions on social gatherings and social distancing have allowed us to reinstitute our joyful reunion on Sunday, September 19, 2021, beginning with Mass...
Thurs Night Bingo is Back: July 22, 2021
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...
Eight Days of Hope, July 19, 2021
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...
Treat Yourself to Trinity Blend Coffee
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.
2021 Summer Projects Include Tree Removal
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...
Choir Celebrates With Road Trip, June 30, 2021
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...
Repairs to Plaza Completed, June 2021
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.
Search for Site of Century-old Photo
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...
Trinity Sunday Celebration, May 30, 2021
"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.
Trinity Sunday Celebration, May 30, 2021
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....
Expanded Hours at Our Food Pantry effective May 19, 2021
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...
Gratitude for Roy Laciura’s Years of Service
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...
Earth Day Cleanup of Parish Grounds
WKBW-TV films Easter Sunday Mass at Blessed Trinity
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...
BPO Brass Joins in Easter Sunday Celebration
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...