Category: Pastor’s Note

As of last Sunday, September 13th, we switched thetimes of the Sunday outdoor Masses. The Drive-in Mass is celebrated at 9:00 am, and the Lawn Mass at 11:00 am, both outside, weather permitting, through the end of September.      Currently, we have continuous  Eucharistic Adoration at our parish from 9:00 am on Wednesdays to 11:00 pm on Thursdays,… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 9/20/20

The unofficial fall season with the cooler fall weather is upon us.  As of this Sunday, September 13th, we switch the times of the Sunday outdoor Masses.  The Drive-in Mass is celebrated at 9:00 am, and the Lawn Mass at 11:00 am.     Currently, we have Eucharistic Adoration at our parish on Wednesdays & Thursdays,… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 9/13/20

We resumed Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration at our parish, with expanded continuous hours from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.   To sign up for an overnight between Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12 am to 7 am, please call or send a note to me or the office.      Please join us for a faith-reviving 46-day-long mini-retreat of… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 9/6/20

We resumed Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration at our parish, with expanded continuous hours from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. To sign up for the next day, Thursday, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm, please call me, see me, send me a note.  Our parish Faith Formation Youth Ministry invites all 5th - 12th grade teens to grow… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 8/30/20

      Last Wednesday we resumed a Wednesday EucharisticAdoration at our parish, with expanded continuous hours from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. We continue to plan for hosting a Perpetual Adoration at our parish. To sign up, for any other day of the week, please call Janet Meyer at (716) 313-8143.      We have a new… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 8/23/20

We continue to plan for hosting a Perpetual Adoration with Eucharistic Exposition at our parish.  We will start first with a full daytime adoration on Wednesdays, from 8:30 am to 9:00 pm, starting likely in September, after we get enough people to sign up.      Msgr. Leo McCarthy continues to recover very nicely.  He resumed… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 8/16/20

Last Thursday, our parish participated in a remotely live-streamed Divine Mercy evening of prayer with Eucharistic Adoration at our church.  About a dozen of people prayerfully attended in person, the majority of them visiting from other parishes.  Many more participated from their homes.       We continue to plan for hosting a Perpetual Adoration with Eucharistic… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 8/9/20

Thanks to the inspiration of our parishioners, Janet and Matt Meyer, we are planning to host a Perpetual Adoration with Eucharistic Exposition at our parish.  As part of the Adoration, we will also say prayers aloud for the nation 24/7.  I invite all to consider signing up for one hour at any time, day or night, and let… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 8/2/20

Starting this Monday, the parish office hours have expanded to 9:00 am -12:00 pm every weekday Monday through Friday, PLUS 12:30-3:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only.     We started repayment of the old parish unpaid parish assessments owed to the Diocese from previous decades.  For each amount repaid, we get an equal amount of… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 7/26/20

Our Parish is mentioned twice in the July 2020 issue of   the WNY Catholic, on pages 3-4, and 8.   The link to it is:  https://www.wnycatholic.org/current-issue-of-wny-catholic.    The copies of these articles are reprinted below. Fr. Matt Pastors, parishioners full of joy as churches reopen By Patrick J. Buechi Staff Reporter Blessed Sacrament Parish in Tonawanda returned… Continue reading Pastor’s Note 7/19/20