St. Bernadette Church in Orchard Park will remain open after Vatican ruling

St. Bernadette Church in Orchard Park will remain open after Vatican ruling

St. Bernadette Church in Orchard Park will remain open and won't be merged and converted to a secondary worship site after a ruling from the Vatican.In September 2024, the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo announced its final decisions on which parishes and worship sites would be closed or merged as it looked to "rightsize and reshape."As part of that decision, St. Bernadette Church in Orchard Park was to merge with SS. Peter & Paul in Hamburg and bec…