(By Carl L. Bucki • Wed, Aug 07, 2013) Earlier this summer, my wife Debbie and I were invited to attend a Mass at St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy to mark the 25th anniversary of the ordination of Father Jack Mattimore, S.J. Father Mattimore is a kind and generous Jesuit priest who served as principal of Canisius High School during most of the time that our son Craig was a student more than a decade ago. His subsequent assignments included service at St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy on Buffalo’s East Side.
In appreciation for Fr. Mattimore’s many good works, my wife and I were delighted to join the celebration. As an added bonus, the event provided an opportunity to visit the grounds of what had at one time been a leading parish of Polonia.