The annual Farewell to Summer gala evening returns on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
The annual event will be held at Kloc’s Grove & Banquet Hall, 1245 Seneca Creek Rd., West Seneca, NY, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. All proceeds will benefit seminarians of the Diocese of Buffalo.
Rev. Richard Augustyn, director of Pastoral CareNolunteer Services at the Buffalo General Hospital and director of the St. Jude Center for Pastoral Care and Wellness, is chairperson.
This event incorporates a sit down dinner, Chinese auction and split club raffle with all proceeds to be used to prepare men for the priesthood.
Tickets for the dinner are $50.00 per person and are available by mail. Please include a self addressed envelope together with check payable to St. Jude Center Seminarian Scholarship Fund, do Edward J. Reska, 4654 Kingswood Lane, Hamburg, NY 14075 or call 716.648.0370 for more information. Deadline for reservations is August 25, 2025.
Split Club Raffle tickets are available at six for $5.00 by sending a self-addressed envelope with a check payable to St. Jude Center, do 295 Enez Drive, Depew, NY 14043.