Renewal Staff
The Road to Renewal effort is one of the largest projects within the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo ever, and, obviously, the amount of effort to heal, enhance and renew every aspect of our Catholic experience is significant undertaking.
To help bolster the effort are several recent hires that are in large part, or solely, assigned to the Road to Renewal effort supporting the work of Father Bryan Zielenieski.
Deacon Greg Moran
As Director of Organizational Development and Strategic Planning, Deacon Greg Moran will be working with Fr. Bryan’s Renewal team. Deacon Greg, who began September 13th, 2021 is one of the founding members of Via Fidei, a group begun in 2020 by four diocesan deacons to guide and strengthen parishes in the wake of the clergy abuse crisis. The group expanded with additional deacons and lay parish members and is now assisting Father Bryan with the Road to Renewal efforts at the parish level. Deacon Greg will be assisting in the overall strategic planning and implementation of this multi-year effort.
He is located on the 3rd floor of the Catholic Center and his contact number is (716) 847-5514. Deacon Greg hold a bachelor’s degree from the University at Buffalo and master’s degrees from both Canisius College and Christ the King Seminary. Most recently he worked in organizational development department at HealthNow New York, now known as Highmark BlueCross Blue Shield of Western New York.
Sister Louise Alff
Sr. Louise Alff is an Evangelization Consultant for the Road to Renewal who began in March 2022. She has spent five years in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as coordinator of Parish Evangelization, and co-director for Renew in Buffalo in the 1980s. She is a native of Buffalo and has spent over 20 years working in parishes around the diocese of Buffalo. Sister is passionate about parish life. Her motto is to make good parishes become vibrant communities.
Sara Osmanski
Sara Osmanski is an Administrative Project Coordinator working on the Renewal Team who began on October 18, 2021. Her responsibilities include handling many of the day-to-day activities of the Road to Renewal effort such as, communication with facilitation and project teams, meeting and guiding volunteers, scheduling and follow up. Sara is based on the 3rd floor of the Catholic Center and may be reached at (716) 847-8738.
Most recently Sara was a Secretary IV in the Patient Experience Department at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She has a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York at Geneseo.
Joe Martone
Joe Martone rounds out new staff supporting the Road to Renewal effort. He was named Communications Manager with the Diocese and began September 13, 2021. In addition to helping to manage the day to day communication activities within the Diocese, he’ll serve as the point person of Renewal communication. He has more than 30 years of marketing communication experience primarily with large Western New York nonprofit organizations. Most recently he was a business development officer with Stewart Title and holds a bachelor’s degree from Saint Bonaventure University. He is located on the Catholic Center’s 3rd floor and may be reached at 847-8743.