Into Our Ninth Year of Faith and Serving

October 2016
Harvest House

Our support and interaction with Harvest House was very active this month.   On October 6, more than 35 members of our community attended the third annual fundraising dinner, at which the Newman Mission was honored at the Church Community Supporter of the Year.   On October 23, our community hosted the annual Pancake Breakfast at the Clarence Town Park Clubhouse.  Well over one hundred people attended the event, which began with the celebration of mass by Father Paul. The pancake breakfast was organized by John Roba and his team in the kitchen, and Joanne Montante and her team in the dining area.   Our donation to Gary and Linda Tatu of Harvest House was $5,125, thanks to the Sunday collections and the pancake breakfast proceeds.  

Some of the many community members at the Gala Dinner on Oct. 6
Father Paul always takes in a big haul of gifts!
In the center, John Roba accepts the Church Community Support Award.

Scenes from the Pancake Breakfast

September 2016
Hearts for the Homeless

Our community helps this west side outreach center in many ways.  Two times a month, Sheila

O'Brien and several helpers from the community help pack hundreds of meals for the mobile soup kitchen, which delivers the meals to the needy in downtown Buffalo every weekday evening.  We also have been donating cookies that are included in the packs, since their previous supplier stopped providing these treats earlier this year.   As our Mission of the Month for September, we provided a financial donation of $3,550 to Ron Calandra and the team at Hearts for the Homeless.

August 2016

Hopeful Ways -- Medical Care in Nicargua

We began our ninth year of faith formation, worship and service to those with the greatest need by supporting Hopeful Ways -- a grass roots organization that provides much needed health care services, including eye surgery and corrective measures, to the people of Nicaragua.  Our donation to support their mission trip this coming January and February was $2,750.   Our community is also collecting used eyeglasses and sunglasses, which are in great demand.  They provide these glasses for over 3,000 people in Nicaragua.