Welcome to the website for the Vocation Office of the Diocese of Buffalo.
 
When looking at the future, there are many paths a person can choose. Sometimes individuals feel called to the priesthood, religious life, or other service within the Church, but may not know how to get more information.
 
This is the purpose of our website. Please read Fr. Dave's message to you at the Director's Update page, which will give you more information and provide you with additional resources to help you discover God's plan.
 
 
LATEST NEWS
• "Response Group" - Discernment conversation for men college-aged and beyond.
Now meeting on Wednesday evenings, monthly.
Click HERE for full list of dates.
• The Diocese of Buffalo's Propaedeutic Program is at McGivney House in Baltimore.  This historic building includes a chapel where St. Elizabeth Seton took religious vows!
-- We're looking for new applicants for 2026.  Join the "Greatest Fraternity in the world!"
Check out the video below for more....
 
• Scouts of the Great Falls Council:
-- stay tuned for news about the "Duty to God - Scouts Read Sacred Texts" event, May 1st.
-- Studies show that many priests were Eagle Scouts in their youth.  If you enjoy Scouting and have earned your religious emblems, maybe the next step is seminary!
 

• The Diocese of Buffalo is happy to be partnering with the Sulpicians at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore -- the oldest seminary in America!  Thanks to the Foundation for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo for taking us inside the seminary campus in this video....

 
Dilexit Nos!  "He loved us."  So begins Pope Francis' new Papal Encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  What began as an Apostolic Exhortation turned out to be an Encyclical, the highest level of document a Pope can write -- usually with some new teaching.  What new does the Pope have to say about this long-standing devotion?  "The Im... [click for more]
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