To celebrate its 175th Anniversary, the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo presents "Dinners With Our Founders," an originally created five-part podcast miniseries featuring imagined dinner conversations between host Steve Cichon and some of those who shaped and impacted the diocese and Western New York community since 1847.

Dinners With Our Founders

Have you ever been asked, if you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be? To mark the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's 175th Anniversary, we're imagining such dinner conversations with some of those who have left a continued impact on Buffalo and Western New York.
In this inaugural episode, host Steve Cichon sits with St. John Neumann, who helped establish several churches in the Buffalo area before the Diocese of Buffalo was formally established.

DINNERS WITH OUR FOUNDERS - Ep. 1 - St. John Neumann

Have you ever been asked, if you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be? To mark the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's 175th Anniversary, we're imagining such dinner conversations with some of those who have left a continued impact on Buffalo and Western New York.
In this episode, host Steve Cichon sits with Bishop John Timon, the first bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo.

DINNERS WITH OUR FOUNDERS - Ep. 2 - Bishop John Timon

Have you ever been asked, if you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be? To mark the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's 175th Anniversary, we're imagining such dinner conversations with some of those who have left a continued impact on Buffalo and Western New York.
In this episode, host Steve Cichon sits with Sister Ursula Mattingly, whose order founded what continues today as the City of Buffalo's oldest existing large hospital.

DINNERS WITH OUR FOUNDERS - Ep. 3 - Sister Ursula Mattingly

Have you ever been asked, if you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be? To mark the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's 175th Anniversary, we're imagining such dinner conversations with some of those who have left a continued impact on Buffalo and Western New York.
In this episode, host Steve Cichon sits with Mother Colette Hilbert, whose order founded what would become Hilbert College. Before coming to Buffalo, however, Mother Colette needed to overcome numerous challenges, and make a critical decision which would change her religious life's path.

DINNERS WITH OUR FOUNDERS - Ep. 4 - Mother Colette Hilbert

Have you ever been asked, if you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be? To mark the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's 175th Anniversary, we're imagining such dinner conversations with some of those who have left a continued impact on Buffalo and Western New York.
In this final episode of the series, host Steve Cichon sits with Father Nelson Baker, the businessman turned priest who became known as the "Padre of the Poor," and is considered by many to be worthy of sainthood.

DINNERS WITH OUR FOUNDERS - Ep. 5 - Father Nelson Baker

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Dinners With Our Founders

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