Bishop Kmiec: 'Preserve our religious freedoms and religious liberties'
3/8/2012 9:00:00 AM by RACHEL DOBIESZ

Pro-life supporters gathered at Classics V in Amherst on Feb. 15 for the St. Gianna Molla Pregnancy Outreach Center banquet. The night featured pro-life speaker Rebecca Kiessling, as well as the first public statement from Bishop Edward U. Kmiec about the Health and Human Services mandate on contraception.

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Spirituality for Today: Core principal of mandate is one of religious freedom
3/7/2012 1:19:49 PM by FATHER JOHN CATOIR

When President Obama accused “some people” (meaning the Catholic bishops) of playing politics when they objected to being forced to pay for contraceptives for their employees (and he added that if they refused they would be fined millions of dollars), he made an unforced error of monumental proportions.

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St. Peter School kicks off Catholic Schools Week with ‘Cupcake Challenge’
3/6/2012 8:35:38 AM by PATRICK J. BUECHI

Upperclass students at St. Peter School in Lewiston declared war on each other during Catholic Schools Week. Their weapons were mixing bowls and chocolate served as ammunition, as their war was of the cupcake variety. read more...

March slide show now online
3/5/2012 2:49:02 PM by PATRICK MCPARTLAND

Check out the regular monthly photo gallery, showing the sights of the Diocese of Buffalo. read more...

New issue of WNY Catholic available online
3/2/2012 1:49:56 PM by MARK CIEMCIOCH

The new issue of the Western New York Catholic newspaper is now available to read online.  The print edition will be in parishes across the diocese this weekend.

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Online giving puts 21st century technology to work for parishes
3/1/2012 9:00:00 AM by RACHEL DOBIESZ

Tech-savvy parishioners at several parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo are now able to make their donations online. Electronic funds transfer, or EFT, allows parishioners to set up automatic weekly payments directly from their bank account, credit or debit card in lieu of the traditional collection envelopes. read more...

Certain steps will help in discerning a vocation
2/29/2012 9:38:52 AM by FATHER WALTER SZCZESNY

Discernment is the process of hearing God’s call to a vocation as a priest, sister, brother or deacon and then having the courage to respond to that call. Discerning that call is not always a simple process. Perhaps there is a little nagging voice in your heart telling you there is something more.

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Catholic radio hosts Lenten conference for women
2/28/2012 2:36:23 PM by SPECIAL TO WNYC

A Catholic women’s conference titled, “Behold I Make All Things New,” will take place at the Hearthstone Manor in Depew on Saturday, March 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.  This daylong retreat will begin with Mass and feature a series of talks to refresh the spirit of women. 

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Diocese maintains mission to defend all life
2/28/2012 9:00:00 AM by PATRICK J. BUECHI

Fighting freezing rain and ever-increasing political obstacles, bands of people marched on the nation’s capitol to be seen and heard as a witness that people of faith will not stand idle while abortion is legal. Busloads of people from Western New York traveled to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22 for the annual March for Life. read more...

Justice and Peace puts focus on poverty during Lent
2/27/2012 9:28:11 AM by MARK CIEMCIOCH

With the debate over income disparity growing louder in a presidential election year, the diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is reaching out to parishes to offer resources and lessons about poverty during the Lenten season.

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