News, Events, Notices and Memories
2018 CCCB Lenten Journey Masses
In Memoriam, 2018
Gloria Matters Kibler, '45 August 16, 1931 - January 7, 2018 Cornelius A. O'Donnell, II, '36 August 31, 1923 - February 7, 2018 Rev. Msgr. Paul Renow Juenker, P.A. July 2, 1920 - February 8, 2018 Shirley Anne Horn Pitts, '39 January 30,...
Sacred Sites Open House Weekend – May 5 & 6, 2018
For the seventh straight year, Blessed Trinity is proud to participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy's Annual Sacred Sites Open House. This year's theme is Sacred Sounds and Settings, and members of our Building Heritage Committee are planning...
Advent Lessons and Carols
Freudig Singers Preparing “A Christmas Pie” for Blessed Trinity
The Freudig Singers of WNY present "A Christmas Pie" Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Maintaining their Christmas Pie Concert tradition, the Freudig Singers of Western New York will usher in the holiday season with a glorious array of choral pieces selected by...
November 3, 2017 Wine Tasting an Event to Savor
Once again we have reason to celebrate a successful wine tasting. There are so many people to thank, but we will start with Bill Warren from Aurora Liquor who contributed his time and knowledge of vine and wine, and his wife, Gwen, who assisted with selections and...
Special Guests from Monroe & Orleans Counties
We so enjoyed meeting and hosting Rev. Mark Noonan and parishioners from churches in Holley and Hilton, NY who visited our Landmark church on October 13. Thank you Father Mark for celebrating Mass with us. We are also grateful to three of our faithful docents, Eleanor...
Tickets Now Available for November 3, 2017 Wine Tasting
Fall Wine Tasting Friday, November 3, 2017 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Blessed Trinity's celebrated Wine Tasting returns on Friday, November 3. Our friend, Bill Warren from Aurora Liquor, will be offering a variety of wines and expertise on how to select what is pleasing to your...
And the Early-Bird Winners are:
The Alumni Committee is happy to announce the winners of the early-bird drawing for raffle returns received by September 8. They are: Marie LeCorte, Msgr. Kevin O'Neill, and Patrick Long. Your checks are in the mail. The big drawing is Sunday, September 24, at the...
Parish Welcomes School Alumni on September 24, 2017
Our Annual Alumni Mass will be celebrated at Blessed Trinity Church on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 10:00 AM. We look forward to welcoming all Alumni of the parish school, especially the Fiftieth Anniversary Class of 1967. Between 1909 and 1975 more than 2,300...
NY Path Through History Tours on October 7, 2017
Blessed Trinity Welcomes the Public "Traveling" on New York's Path Through History Saturday, October 7, 2017 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Blessed Trinity Catholic Church is one of the finest replications of 12th Century Lombard Romanesque architecture in the country -- and it is...
2017 Alumni Event Set for September 24
Our Annual Alumni Mass will be held at Blessed Trinity Church on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 10:00 AM. We look forward to welcoming all Alumni, especially the 50th Anniversary Class of 1967. A reception in St Charles Hall following the Mass provides an ideal...
Annual Alumni Event Set for September 24, 2017
Our Eleventh Annual Alumni Sunday event will be held at Blessed Trinity Church on Sunday, September 24, 2017, beginning with an Alumni Memorial Mass at 10:00 a.m. We look forward to welcoming all alumni of the former parish grammar school, especially members of the...
Outdoor Marian Shrine: a work in progress
The grotto area surrounding the statue of Mary in front of the church rectory was built in 1949. Originally designed as a shrine to Our Lady of Fatima, it once included kneeling concrete statues of the children of Fatima which deteriorated and broke over the years and...
Elizabeth Clay Appointed Parish Music Director
We are pleased to announce that, effective June 25, Elizabeth Clay has been appointed as they parish music director on a permanent basis. Elizabeth has been serving in the position on an interim basis since February 2017, and this appointment recognizes not only her...
Ladies Sodality Dinner, June 14, 2017
The Ladies Sodality held their annual June dinner on Wednesday evening, June 14, in St. Charles Hall. Members and friends enjoyed a Flag Day-themed holiday picnic supper prepared by Carmen’s Catering, with all-American apple pie for dessert. The program included a...
Trinity Festival Weekend, June 9-11, 2017
Our Trinity Festival Weekend – a three-day celebration of our parish feast day – has concluded with excellent reviews and relieved committee chairs. On Friday evening, more than 100 enjoyed William Maddox, the acclaimed organist and music director at Toronto’s...
Trinity Festival Weekend, June 9-11, 2017
Please join our congregation in a celebration of faith, culture, history, and church architecture on the weekend of Trinity Sunday, June 9-11, 2017. Our three-day event includes: Organ Recital Friday, June 9, 2017 7:30 p.m. William Maddox, organist and music director...
You’re Invited to Our Sacred Sites Open House, May 20/21
On May 20 and 21, Blessed Trinity will participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy's Seventh Annual Sacred Sites Open House Weekend, inviting the public to experience our house of worship as a repository of faith, art, and history. Members of our docent...
Benefit Organ Recital Closes 2016-17 Trinity Series
Organ Recital Friday, June 9, 2017 7:30 p.m. William Maddox, organist and music director at Toronto’s Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, in recital on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Maddox will perform Romantic French works and orchestral transcriptions to...
“Canisius Clean” for Easter – April 8, 2017
“Canisius Clean” ~ Students and alumni of Canisius College – including members of the college’s Accounting Society and its Economics & Finance Club -- once again devoted their Community Day volunteer efforts to Blessed Trinity. A team of nine dusted, swept,...
Holy Week 2017 – Schedule of Services
Holy Week 2017 Blessed Trinity Church Passion Sunday/Palm Sunday - April 9 Blessing of Palms and Holy Mass 4:30 p.m. - Saturday, April 8 10:00 a.m. - Sunday, April 9 Reconciliation Service Monday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. Weekday Masses April 11 and April 12...
Rev. Peter Drilling Opens Lenten Series, March 8, 2017
Rev. Peter Drilling, the Rector of St. Joseph Cathedral, opened our three-part Lenten Program on Wednesday evening, March 8. Father Drilling explored the concept of the Kingdom of God as developed in the first narrative account of Jesus life, St. Mark’s Gospel.
Visit Us During Sacred Sites Open House Weekend
On May 20 and 21, Blessed Trinity will participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy's Seventh Annual Sacred Sites Open House Weekend, inviting the public to experience our house of worship as a repository of faith, art, and history. Members of our docent team...
June 9 Benefit Organ Recital Closes Concert Season
Organ Recital Friday, June 9, 2017 7:30 p.m. William Maddox, organist and music director at Toronto’s Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, in recital on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Maddox will perform Romantic French works and orchestral transcriptions to...
Blessed Trinity Joins Statewide Sacred Sites Open House, May 20 & 21, 2017
New York Landmarks Conservancy's Seventh Annual Sacred Sites Open House Blessed Trinity will again participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy's Sacred Sites Open House Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21. Save the dates, and watch this space for...
2016-17 Trinity Series Concludes on June 9 with Benefit Performance by Canadian Organist William Maddox
Organ Recital Friday, June 9, 2017 7:30 p.m. William Maddox, organist and music director at Toronto’s Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, in recital on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Maddox will perform Romantic French works and orchestral transcriptions to...
In Memoriam, 2017
Jo-An Kathleen Maurer Fultz, '50 January 7, 2017 Harold C. Steinwachs, '39 February 28, 1925 - February 25, 2017 Joan F. Joseph Walleshauser, '51 April 26, 2017 Elizabeth Sommers Coia, ’56 July 27, 2017 Donald C. Nuwer, M.D., ’38 July 27, 2017 Agnes T. Manion, '42...
January 17, 2017 – National Day for Racial Healing
Almost 250 people attended the Interfaith Community Prayer Service sponsored by religious leaders of the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable and held at Blessed Trinity on Tuesday, January 17. Designated as the National Day for Racial Healing, events were...
2016-17 Trinity Series Continues on February 12, 2017
The Buffalo Brass Choir "A Requiem in Our Time" Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Blessed Trinity’s 2016-17 concert season continues at 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, 2017, when the church’s ensemble-in-residence, the Buffalo Brass Choir, presents A Requiem in...