Come join us for the Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe !
Sunday December 14, 2025 - 11:00AM at Queen of Angels (our secondary worship site)
The Virgin of Guadalupe, like the shroud of Turin, appears on a piece of fabric. Both are sacred objects, hundreds of years old, and both depict an image said to be miraculous. The Virgin of Guadalupe was declared Queen of Mexico and is Patron of the Americas.
The Story
Our Lady of Guadalupe first introduced herself as the Mother of God and the mother of all humanity when she appeared on the hill of Tepeyac in Mexico in 1531. An indigenous peasant, Juan Diego, saw a glowing figure on the hill. After she had identified herself to him, Our Lady asked that Juan build her a shrine in that same spot, in order for her to show and share her love and compassion with all those who believe. Afterwards, Juan Diego visited Juan de Zumárraga, who was Archbishop of what is now Mexico City. Zumárraga dismissed him in disbelief and asked that the future Saint provide proof of his story and proof of the Lady’s identity. Juan Diego returned to the hill and encountered Our Lady again. The Virgin told him to climb to the top of the hill and pick some flowers to present to the Archbishop.
Although it was winter and nothing should have been in bloom, Juan Diego found an abundance of flowers of a type he had never seen before. The Virgin bundled the flowers into Juan's cloak, known as a tilma. When Juan Diego presented the tilma of exotic flowers to Zumárraga, the flowers fell out and he recognized them as Castilian roses, which are not found in Mexico. What was even more significant, however, was that the tilma had been miraculously imprinted with a colorful image of the Virgin herself.
This actual tilma, preserved since that date and showing the familiar image of the Virgin Mary with her head bowed and hands together in prayer, represents the Virgin of Guadalupe. It remains perhaps the most sacred object in all of Mexico. A picture of Pope Francis viewing the Tilma is below.
In 1990, Pope Saint John Paul II visited Mexico and beatified Juan Diego. 10 years later, in the year 2000, he was declared a Saint.
Please join us as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
After Mass the celebration continues with a meal of authentic Mexican food (for purchase or to take home). There will be theme basket raffles, a 50/50 raffle and a chance to win a beautiful painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe painted by our own Father Sebastian (his work is phenomenal).
Please make every effort to join to celebrate this wonderful feast day and gather in community together as one family!
If you would like more information or would like to donate theme baskets please call the parish office at (716) 824-2935
We are looking forward to seeing you there !
Christmas Giving Tree
"Be the person to make others shine"
Our Giving Tree will start the weekend of November 29 & 30, 2025
We are planning for the Giving Tree to be at our Secondary Worship Center - Queen of Angels
We are looking for gifts of hats, gloves and socks. These gifts will be gathered for the Response to Love Center and the Lackawanna / South Buffalo Food Pantry.
The Giving Tree will be at Queen of Angels until Sunday December 14th
The Giving Tree at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, will have ornaments on the tree from the OLSH Outreach Group and
the WNY Children's Psychiatric Center. We will also be collecting gift cards for the families in need at the
Lackawanna / South Buffalo Food Pantry. Please take an ornament off the Giving Tree and buy whatever you feel is
appropriate, wrap the gift and tape the ornament to the outside of the wrapped gift and either drop off the gift off at the parish
office or leave the gift underneath the tree. All gift cards can be brought to the parish office or dropped in the weekend
collections, PLEASE mark the envelopes "ATTN: Giving Tree"
The Giving Tree will be at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart until Sunday December 14th, 2025
Thank you, may God Bless and may Peace be with You !
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"Be the person to make others shine"
Our Giving Tree will start the weekend of November 29 & 30, 2025
We are planning for the Giving Tree to be at our Secondary Worship Center - Queen of Angels
We are looking for gifts of hats, gloves and socks. These gifts will be gathered for the Response to Love Center and the Lackawanna / South Buffalo Food Pantry.
The Giving Tree will be at Queen of Angels until Sunday December 14th
The Giving Tree at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, will have ornaments on the tree from the OLSH Outreach Group and
the WNY Children's Psychiatric Center. We will also be collecting gift cards for the families in need at the
Lackawanna / South Buffalo Food Pantry. Please take an ornament off the Giving Tree and buy whatever you feel is
appropriate, wrap the gift and tape the ornament to the outside of the wrapped gift and either drop off the gift off at the parish
office or leave the gift underneath the tree. All gift cards can be brought to the parish office or dropped in the weekend
collections, PLEASE mark the envelopes "ATTN: Giving Tree"
The Giving Tree will be at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart until Sunday December 14th, 2025
Thank you, may God Bless and may Peace be with You !
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