St Mary's Church, Swormville

Consider this… Why is this week different? Today we begin Holy Week. The question that should immediately come to our mind is what makes this week Holy and different from every...

Consider this… Disciples Focus! The Fifth Sunday of Lent is already upon us and this week you will notice something different in our worship spaces. Traditionally in the church...

Consider this… Hope! It is already the Fourth Sunday of Lent, and today is also known as Laetare Sunday. This Sunday gets that special distinction because of the entrance intro...

Consider this… The Laws that guide us. This weekend we hear from the Book of Exodus, how God bestows the Ten Commandments on the chosen people. The Ten Commandments are given...

Consider this… Listening and Mercy. It is already the Second Sunday of Lent! This weekend’s Gospel is of the Transfiguration, and the voice from the cloud concludes with ‘Liste...

Welcome to our faith community! In today’s ever advancing digital media world, images and videos can touch the heart and support good communications. As you enter our beautiful...

Beginning in 2015, The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., Inc. (“Foundation”) began soliciting donations to its “Upon this Rock” (“UTR”) capital and endowm...

Consider this… who’s driving? You or the Spirit? When looking at life, what forces influence the decisions and actions that we make? Family? Friends? Obligations? Children? Fin...

How can Lent be upon us already? Time certainly has a way of sneaking up on us. This final weekend before our sacred journey in Lent is a time for us to prepare to enter this holy...

Consider this… State of the Parish This weekend’s bulletin contains our financial and spiritual report for the 2019 – 2020 fiscal year. Please take time to look over the infor...

Opinion: Getting a stimulus check? Spend it on private school tuition. Opinion by Hugh Hewitt Contributing columnist March 15, 2021 at 7:11 p.m. EDT An unprecedente...

Consider this… Brilliant Light! This weekend we focus on Christ our light. We begin all masses by blessing candles and in a special way celebrate our First Eucharist children a...

Consider this… Repent and Follow This past Monday, we remembered Dr. Martin Luther King, an advocate for social justice. Dr. Martin Luther King in a speech in 1963 said “Darkness...

Consider this… bringing others to Jesus. How often do we invite others along in our lives? Maybe a little less with the COVID pandemic, but I bet we still invite people to joi...

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Happy New Year! We have finally made it, out with the old and in with the new. New year, new hope, new life, new opportunities and some sense of relief that 2020 is behind us...

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St. Mary's entire school body gathered today to say good-bye to Fr. Bryan. Each class presented him with a card and Mrs. D'Angelo gave him a photo of the entire school in the for...

Today's BREAKTHROUGH youth night talked about new year's resolutions. We talked about how our life experiences change the way we view the world, and how to view the world the way ...

In his homily this weekend, Fr. Luke Uebler suggested that this video of Fr. Mike Schmitz would be worthwhile for us to watch: Fr. Mike speaks about evangelization, new media, an...