BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — It's a celebration honoring dad on this Father's Day weekend here in Western New York.
Bishop Michael Fisher, head of Buffalo's Catholic Diocese, presided over a special Father's Day mass at the OLV National Shrine and Basilica in Lackawanna Saturday.
Father Nelson Baker was instrumental in having this basilica built back in the 1920's.
He was a father figure himself to thousands of children across the region, running a home for unwed mothers, and a boy's orphanage.
Bishop Fisher also took part in a blessing of gifts for all fathers and father figures at the end of the mass.
