Oct15 Father Moreno's death shocks community
10/15/2012 3:07:00 PM by MARK CIEMCIOCH

When somebody unexpectedly dies, it leaves those survivors left behind searching for answers by asking, “Why?” It is now what many people in Buffalo’s St. Lawrence Parish community and throughout the diocese are asking after a beloved priest, Father Joseph F. Moreno, Jr., was found dead Saturday after an apparent suicide.

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Sep13 Fashion day lets refugee girls see their inner beauty
9/13/2012 8:00:00 AM by KAITLIN LINDAHL

When people hear the word fashion, a string of images such as boutiques, models, Paris or Coco Chanel come to mind. But refugees and bible verses? 

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Sep7 Bike ride seeks to raise funds for World Youth Day
9/7/2012 8:27:00 AM by KAITLIN LINDAHL

On Sept. 22, instead of just pedaling to get your heart pumping, you can pedal for a purpose as well.  Christ Our Hope Parish in Sherman is holding its third CREEKSIDE RIDE: Pedal for Pilgrims. The bike ride will help raise funds to defray costs of World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

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Aug23 Villa Maria College helps feed starving children this fall
8/23/2012 8:53:29 AM by KAITLIN LINDAHL

According to Feed My Starving Children, a non-profit Christian organization, a child dies from hunger-related causes every five seconds.  This fall, Villa Maria College will be doing something to combat that statistic. On Sept. 21 and 22, the college will host a Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event. 

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Aug22 Catholic League Appeal: Continued support for Church of Poland
8/22/2012 2:22:37 PM by MSGR. MATTHEW KOPACZ

The founding of the Catholic League will mark its 70th anniversary on April 28, 2013. In May 1943, 76 priests, representing 15 dioceses and prominent laity, met at the Hotel Lafayette in Buffalo ratifying the purpose of the new organization, formally adopting a constitution and at that time choosing Detroit as the location of the national office.

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Aug17 Heffern retiring from lifelong work in Church ministry, social justice
8/17/2012 8:51:28 AM by MARK CIEMCIOCH

Kathleen Heffern has been a familiar face for almost the entire history of the Catholic Center building downtown, serving as the longtime director of the Office of Church Ministry, and more recently, Parish Life. A 26-year career comes to a close next month when she retires.

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Aug16 2 from diocese attend Cursillo meeting in Austria
8/16/2012 3:06:54 PM by KAITLIN LINDAHL

The Cursillo Movement held a meeting in Vocklabruck, Austria, in June to re-examine the World Cursillo statutes. Gail Terrana, from St. Jude Parish in North Tonawanda and president of the North America Caribbean Group for the World Cursillo Movement, was present at the meeting. read more...

Aug9 Bishop Malone serves on board of Catholic Relief Services
8/9/2012 9:00:00 AM by KAITLIN LINDAHL

One of the many hats Bishop Richard J. Malone wears is that of being a board member for Catholic Relief Services. While serving on the board, he has traveled twice to be on the front line and examine the work of CRS. Ken Hackett, former president of CRS, went with Bishop Malone to Haiti in 2011 and Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi) in 2010. Both times, he said, served as an invaluable experience for Bishop Malone.

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Jul20 Diocese helps with success of Kitovu medicine store
7/20/2012 8:28:00 AM by FATHER RONALD SAJDAK

It all began with an innocent question in a telephone conversation between Father Emmanuel Katabaazi, coordinator of Catholic Health Care for the Diocese of Masaka, Uganda, and myself. “Where do your 29 clinics and two hospitals purchase your equipment and medicines?”

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Jul17 Six students will attend college thanks to St. Luke’s
7/17/2012 8:23:14 AM by PATRICK J. BUECHI

Eighteen years ago, St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy opened on Buffalo’s East Side, with the goal of performing the corporal works of mercy – feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked. The mission’s founders have expanded those works to include educating the needy. read more...