News and Events

The diocese completed cultural acclimation with several of its new mission priests and was able to permanently assign them to parishes in rural Alaska.

The Diocese of Buffalo African American Commission follow-up meeting on National Black Catholic Congress XIII was held on May 10, 2024 at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, Buffalo, NY. Congress XIII participants shared their awesome experience and ideas.

Thanks to the support from the Black and Indian Mission Office and the generous grants being awarded!

On Monday May 27th the annual Memorial Day Mass was celebrated at St. Mathew Church near Veblen S.D. Fr. Gregg Frankman was the celebrant. Fr. Frankman will be retiring July 1st.

The 8th Grade Promotion happened over two days. On Wednesday, May 22nd at 5:00 p.m. the Parents, Families and the St. Peter Community gathered in Church to pray the Rosary for the promoting class.

For the first time in more than four years, on the first Friday of April, Fr. Mike Fitzpatrick, S.J., the director of KNMI, headed out from Oregon and drove to the Ursuline Centre in Great Falls, Montana, to begin once again to have Kateri weekend meetings.

The Black and Indian Mission Office grant funds enlivened the African American community in the Diocese of Beaumont tremendously as our African American Ministry and parishes shined the light of Christ in a multitude of ways.

Each year the Diocese of Biloxi hosts a Youth Conference for all the teens within the Diocese. This year it was held on Friday, March 8th, 2024, through Sunday, March 10th, 2024.

Sr. Jane Nesmith, SBS, accompanied ten Black Catholics from the Diocese of Cleveland on a cultural pilgrimage to Tanzania, East Africa from May 8-May 20th.