Mary Fofanah

On Thursday June 4,2026, the leadership team of St John Parish (Fr David, Carol Stitt, Dan Butler and Dan Hinz) met with officials from The Diocese of Buffalo (Bishop Fisher, Fr Peter Karalus Vicar General, Fr Dennis Mancuso Vicar Forane, Melisa Potzler Chancellor and Fr Sean Paul). The meeting was held in the parish center at St John Church. Kim Palmer, Finance Director for our Family also attended. It was at this meeting that we were able to convince The Diocese that we are worthy of...

Newsletter – April 29, 2026 I received responses from the Dicastery regarding our appeals. Here is a summary: 1) Assessment - the Dicastery revoked the assessment and orders the funds be returned. I have forwarded the decree as received to SOBC/St. Joseph Foundation for their review and comment. I will likely be sending the Bishop and Father David (as Pastor) a letter requesting our $211,800 be returned immediately. I will be sending a letter to the Bishop and Father David (as our Pastor)...

SOBC News – Three Assessment Appeals have received Dicastery responses in the past several days. In each case the Dicastery issued a decree revoking the assessment decree issued by the Bishop and ordered the return to the Parish of any money already transferred. The SOBC organization and the St. Joseph Foundation take these as very positive moves by the Dicastery and for all Parishes that appealed their assessment, since all appeals were done with similar language. We have not received a...