All are invited to join Bishop Richard J. Malone on Sunday, Sept. 30, at St. Joseph Cathedral, 50 Franklin St., Buffalo, for a Holy Hour of Reparation and Healing at 3 p.m.  All priests, deacons, consecrated religious and lay faithful are encouraged to attend.

Held during the Hour of Divine Mercy, this service is meant for the Diocese of Buffalo to spend time together praying for healing for victims, for those who have offended, for the purification and renewal of our church, and for forgiveness of those church leaders who failed to respond adequately to the abuse crisis.

For those who cannot attend the service at the downtown Cathedral, Catholic churches throughout the diocese have been asked to remain open so the faithful can pray there, or at home for those who are homebound.