In the shadow of the City of Buffalo’s Art Deco City Hall at the beginning of Court Street you will find an impressive symbol of the past and present heritage of the Italian/American community in Buffalo and WNY.

Surrounded by modern buildings and parking lots is St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church ‘The Mother Church of the Italian American Community”. St. Anthony of Padua was founded and staffed by the missionaries of St. Charles Barromo (Scalabrini Fathers), a religious order established for the care of migrants and refugees around the world.