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Leaving us for an extended time? Are you a Snowbird? Please read this! WE NEED YOUR WINTER ADDRESS — If you receive parish envelopes and other mailing from the Basilica, please DO NOT rely on your mail forwarding because it ends up as an expense to the parish. How? We mail bulk/ non-profit rate which means our mail cannot be forwarded. Your forwarded mail gets sent back to the parish and the parish has to pay for that additional postage. This adds up to quite a lot of money during the season. To remedy this… Please contact the parish office with your winter address and we will change it in our system for the time you are away. [email protected] or 716-372-4841

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Merciful and Loving God, May You guide Israel during these critical hours and days. May You be near to those who mourn and those who are suffering who now fill every part of the Land. When a day of joyous celebration has become a day of agony and loss, in Your compassion, bring us all to Life. May You, Lord, the maker of peace, make peace for the people of Israel   and comfort their loved ones around the world.  Amen. Click on the orange title for complete reflection by Fr. John.

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We thank Dr. Bergsma for the very powerful two-day Biblical Conference that took place Sept. 29-30, 2023. Dr. John Bergsma serves as Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and Vice President at the St. Paul Center. He holds the Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Calvin Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001 while pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He specialized in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, graduating with high honors in 2004. Over the years, Dr. Bergsma has become a sought-after speaker and author. Last year alone John spoke to over 1,000 Priests. He is the bestselling author of numerous books on Scripture including his most recent release: The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year A. Other popular books include Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Revealing the Jewish Roots of the Church, Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament, the Bible Basics series, and Stunned by Scripture which details John’s conversion story. John can also be found frequently each week on the St. Paul Center’s Letters from Home podcast and YouTube channel. He also hosts a weekly show with Dr. Scott Hahn titled: Word of the Lord which reaches Catholics around the world at stpaulcenter.com. Most importantly: John and his wife Dawn have been married since 1993 and have eight children!

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