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| Address: | 1421 Falls Street Niagara Falls, N.Y. 14303 |
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| Telephone: | 716-284-6628 | |
| Fax: | 716-282-2297 | |
| Founded: | 1902 | |
| Pastor: | Rev. Bishop Edward Grosz,D.D. | |
| Mass Schedule: | Sat. 4 PM; Sundays 9:30 & 11 AM (Polish) | |
| Parish census: | 550 Families | |
| School: | Parish school closed in 1971 | |
| Year Built: | 1907 | |
| Style: | Local stone in Gothic style |
Niagara Falls, one of nature's Seven Wonders is located just 30 miles from Buffalo. The city of Niagara Falls has been a hub for both chemical and hyrdo power production. By the turn of the century, Poles began migrating to the area. They would attend Mass at St. Mary's of the Cataract Church in the city with the assistance of Fr. Wojcik of Assumption parish in Black Rock looking in on the small group.
With the coming of the Franciscan Friars to the Buffalo Diocese, they took an active part in the spiritual needs of the Polish population in Niagara Falls. Fr. Fudzinski held meetings in the community and finally in 1902 the bishop appointed the young Rev. Peter Pitass to organize a new parish for the Poles in Niagara Falls, the first in Niagara County. Fr. Pitass built a small wooden church for the congregation which in time proved too small. With the coming of Rev. Michal Dyminski in 1903 the parish began an aggressive building campaign.
In 1906 the present stone church was started, in 1907 the rectory was built and prior to his death, Fr. Dyminski built a new convent for the Sisters of St. Joseph, teachers in the parish school. Fr. Dyminski was succeeded by Rev. Aleksander Pitass in 1911 who finished the building plan with the addition of a new school in 1913. The Sisters of St.Joseph remained instructors at the school until its closing in 1971. The Revs. Wasik, Cyman and Praczkajlo, long time pastors, are affectionately remembered by the parish community.
As was the case with the Buffalo parishes, Niagara Falls faced the same fate with the neighborhood surrounding Holy Trinity becoming a minority enclave. In the early 1990s, there was talk that the parish would be closed. The coming of a new bishop to the Diocese saved the shrinking parish and combined it with its daughter parish, St. Stanislaus Kostka. In 1997, the parish was honored with the appointment of a new pastor to be shared with St. Stanislaus Parish, the Rev. Bishop Edward Grosz, the Buffalo Auxilary. With the support of the Polish community, Holy Trinity is holding its own and making progress with renovations.