Buffalo’s Saint Ann’s Church and Shrine, a stunning interactive panoramic view

This interactive panoramic view was put together in 2013 by Buffalo VR. In addition to Saint Ann’s, they have a lot of other cool places in and around Buffalo in the same format. You can check out more of Buffalo VR’s work at http://buffalovr.com.

Saint Ann’s has been sitting dormant for over 5 years. This interactive image will definitely give you a sense of what will be lost if the Buffalo Diocese strips the interior and sells it off. The east side is full of glorious old world style churches. We have to everything we can to protect them.


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13 thoughts on “Buffalo’s Saint Ann’s Church and Shrine, a stunning interactive panoramic view

  1. I love and miss my church and church family. Please save this church. It would be a shame to sell everything off…

  2. I don’t understand why the diocese can’t see the value in keeping these churches? They are certainly a tourist attraction and they can make money highlighting the beauty, art and architecture within and on the outside as well. If they did that at least it would hurt the parishioners less. To see what has happened to my church (Transfiguration) is heartbreaking. People in Europe flock to see the beautiful churches yet here they remove the relics and say they are just a building and sell off things to the highest bidder. It’s sacrilegious in my opinion and it’s a slap in the face to the ancestors who were instrumental in establishing those buildings in the first place.

  3. I am planning a series of stories on Buffalorising.com to help in the efforts to save this church. Could I get permission to use this panorama and how to I get a copy that can be linked.

  4. How is it that in Europe and other parts of the world they manage to keep open churchs like St. Anns but in the good old USA we can’t or don’t want to. May God have mercy on the diocesan authorities,.I wonder if the diocese b othered to desacranantise this magnificant church ? I feel that our Lord is still there.

  5. These comments are all very relevant. The prospective sale has been called off because there was subtrafuge on the part of the prospective buyer- a cover to actually turn it to a Moslem mosque. It is SHAMEFUL that Sts. Columbia-Brigid is responsible for all heating & maintenance monthly costs ! Why can’t a campaign, I.e. “ Alms for St. Ann’s “ put out to all ( especially suburban ) Catholic Churches – perhaps on one specific Sunday ? ! After all, many families living there had earlier parents,relatives who once attended St.Ann’s ,but eventually left for the suburbs.

    1. Hello Broadway Fillmore Alive and Save St. Ann’s community, Can we include a stop at St. Ann’s on the “Feast of the Seven Churches” procession/visitation? Even though there may be no Blessed Sacrament adoration opportunity inside, we could at least recognize St. Ann’s given the above comment on the prospective sale of St. Ann’s being called off, and utilizing the mass mob momentum to lift up prayers and support to Save St. Ann’s. Thank you.

        1. SO, since I prematurely wrote that comment, might you have any other feedback on this??
          I genuinely will have whatever it is God wants for the Vision that He has given me, but this property spoke volumes in my soul when I was looking. I have always thought this was a beautiful church, and even found out, a lot of my friends attended grammar school there. The Vision God has shared with me, is a thing that has taken years to be even seen and put together in my mind, so I realize it’s all a process. With that said I also realize this may or may not be thee one, and I accept whatever he will have.

    2. I am SO Glad you shared this!!! I was nervous when I heard there were contract discussions on the property.
      This is an possible answer to my own prayer. I have a grand and Magnanimous Vision for this property and Pray that God will have it for this Vision for the People of Buffalo and Beyond. I am willing to accept whatever it is God will have for this Vision but I believe when He told me to drive around Buffalo and look at potential properties, this one, when I saw it, It has Everything!!! Praying that it is God’s Will for this Vision!!!

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