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Diocese Renewal initiative seeking Volunteers
Are You Tech Savvie?September 3, 2020Our Temporary Administrator for the Diocese, Bishop Ed Scharfenberger is working with Leadership Roundtable and a group of volunteers to hold Zoom conversations with parishioners from all across our Diocese during the weeks of...
read moreVatican issues new guidelines for parishes:
5 things you need to knowDenver Newsroom, Jul 20, 2020The Congregation for Clergy on Monday published new guidelines for the world’s parishes, which aim to encourage parishes to think of themselves as missionary communities of evangelization.The guidelines do not...
read moreStatement on Buffalo Diocese Bankruptcy
The Movement to Restore Trust concluded that a bankruptcy filing by the diocese was inevitable
read moreMRT Leader Meets with Papal Nuncio
Archbishop Christophe Pierre tells faithful of Diocese of Buffalo he understands their concernsJohn J. Hurley, member of the Movement to Restore Trust (MRT) Organizing Committee, met with Archbishop Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, on Jan. 31 at...
read moreAn Evening with Fr. Jim Martin, SJ
Magis Buffalo* presents: a Conversation with Fr. James Martin, S.J.Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | via live “ZOOM”6:00PM Eucharist | Light Refreshments | 7:00-8:00PM Program“What Would Ignatius Say in These Challenging Times?”James Martin is a Jesuit priest,...
read moreBISHOP MALONE HAS RESIGNED
Multiple local, national and international news outlets report that Bishop Richard Malone requested early retirement and that Pope Francis has accepted that resignation…
read moreHealing, Reconciliation, Reform: A Path Forward for the Diocese of Buffalo
by John J. Hurley – Last December, the Movement to Restore Trust (MRT) empaneled six working groups involving about 150 Catholics who developed a series of reports and recommendations for reform in the Diocese of Buffalo.
read moreDecember 7 Path Forward Symposium
The Movement to Restore Trust (MRT) will hold a “Path Forward” symposium on Dec. 7, very close to our 1-year anniversary. The symposium will run from 9 to 11 a.m., in the Canisius College Montante Cultural Center, located at Main and Eastwood streets.The symposium...
read moreDueling Diocese Headlines
MRT’s John Hurley participated in an extended interview with Tim Wenger of 930in716 on WBEN Radio on Thursday, November 14, 2018.
read moreMRT Update
Dear Members of the Movement to Restore Trust, Like most of you, the MRT Organizing Committee has been waiting and watching the situation in the Diocese since early September when we determined that the MRT could not make progress on its reform agenda while Bishop Malone remained in office.
read moreArticles and Statements
- Prominent local Catholics demand reforms to Buffalo Diocese (Buffalo News)
- Editorial: Buffalo Diocese in desperate need of reform (Buffalo News)
- President’s Statement on the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church (canisius.edu)
- Canisius College president calls for more women leadership in Catholic Church (WIVB)
- Canisius College leader condemns atrocities of priest sexual abuse scandal (WBFO)
- Canisius College president calls for stronger role of women in Catholic Church (Buffalo News)