Dion DiMucci, the singer-songwriter known for hits like “Runaround Sue” and “The Wanderer” is now wandering for the Lord. In his new book, “Dion the Wanderer Talks Truth,” the 72-year-old former teen idol talks about how his life has improved since he found God.

The pretty brick church with a large white steeple proudly chimes out the hour throughout Buffalo’s Riverside section making it known that after 100 years the parish is still alive and well.

The Catholic Church is filled with many mysteries, and among those mysteries are annulments.

Alumni who attended Catholic elementary schools throughout the Diocese of Buffalo will converge on the Hearthstone Manor in Depew on Sept. 23 for “The Spirit We Share – Reunion 2011.”  

A group of 23 pilgrims led by Father Peter Karalus, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lake View, made a pre-World Youth Day pilgrimage to Lisbon, Portugal, where they celebrated a special arrival Mass at a church built over the house where St. Anthony of Padua was born. They continued on to the great Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to tour the hometown village of three shepherd children visionaries. There they celebrated Mass and also participated in the candlelight rosary and procession.

While many parishes host a food pantry to help the less fortunate, St. John the Baptist Parish in Lockport goes above and beyond, as the St. John’s Outreach has become one of the major human service agencies in Niagara County.

 More than 200 Felician Sisters, including 36 from Western New York, joined in a celebration of community life, spiritual reflection, and discussion of future directions at the historic first provincial chapter of the Felician Sisters’ new North American province, Our Lady of Hope, which took place in Chicago.

The Hope for Tomorrow Foundation has been helping disadvantaged people around the world for years, bringing children to Western New York for surgery and sending medical teams to places such as Russia, India, Cuba, Poland and Jamaica.

Every day when we turn on our television screen we are bombarded by all types of news, reality shows, soap operas, movies, documentaries on relationships, various types of marriages and divorces. What does it take to make a decision toward getting married and following through with the commitment of until death do us part?

Be open to new things and don’t have expectations. That was the plea given to 65 teenagers during their stay at the Christian Leadership Institute. It seemed to pay off for those who allowed themselves to be challenged by the concept of servant leadership.