The daily Mass and Sacramental chapel at St. Vincent de Paul has been a vision of the parish for many years.  Father John Weyer made plans for this smaller, more intimate chapel on the site of the aging rectory.  

With the completion of the new rectory in 2016, the parish took the next step to complete the chapel.  With $1.2 million committed from the 2010 campaign, St. Vincent de Paul began raising additional funds to bring the vision to life.  Thanks to our generous donors, we have the majority of funds with a loan through the Archdiocese for the remainder.  We were thrilled to break ground in January 2019.

Why Our Lady of Lourdes?



Just over 150 years ago in Lourdes, France, fourteen-year-old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous reported a vision of a lady clothed in white and holding a golden rosary.  The lady appeared and spoke to Bernadette in several apparitions, telling her in one visit, “Go drink at the spring and wash yourself in it.”  We now know that the lady was Mary, mother of Jesus.  Our Lady of Lourdes’ message to Bernadette is still applicable to us today.

All of us need a place of retreat—a place to wash ourselves in the spring of God’s love and receive His grace.  One of our beloved former parishioners, Jane Hébert, was an example of devotion to Christ, and through her prayers of intercession to Our Lady, Jane drank from a spring that filled her with joy.  And Jane shared this joy with everyone she encountered.

Jane was one of the champions for a Daily Mass and Sacramental chapel at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.  The work on the chapel was interrupted by Jane’s illness, but Jane’s passion for this project never waned.



Now we are finishing what Jane and others started.  Our new chapel—appropriately named Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel—will be positioned on the site of the former rectory, adjacent to the main church.  The 200-seat chapel will also include a new adoration chapel and a prayer garden.  The chapel will not only serve as a tribute to Jane, but more importantly, provide what Jane envisioned: a spring for all to experience a deeper devotion to Christ and Our Lady.

The apparitions of Our Lady appeared to Bernadette several times in Lourdes, France. In one of the last visions, Bernadette was told, “Go and build a chapel there.”  How beautifully fitting that we now have the opportunity to go and build this chapel.

We are grateful to all who have donated to the chapel and pray others will feel called to bring the vision to life.  Please contact Andrea Quinn (aquinn@svdp-edu.org) for giving and naming
opportunities. To donate today please click here! Your support is very much appreciated!        

The preliminary construction of our Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel is underway! The Buffalo Speedway "horseshoe" parking lot will be blocked off and the entrance/exit to the church from this side will only be open on the weekend.