Out of the 12 vicariate Masses being held to mark the 175th anniversary of the Diocese of Buffalo, the Chautauqua site has to be the most unusual. Instead of a church, more than 100 people ...
“Black love matters.” That lesson came from Father Donald Watkins Jr., who reminded those that attended a Revival Mass, that Black lives still struggle. The Revival, which took place at St. Martin de Porres Parish ...
World Youth Day 2023 is now less than a year away. Lisbon, Portugal, not far from the site of the Fatima apparitions, will host the international Catholic event Aug. 1-6. World Youth Day is a ...
St. Francis High School welcomed Father Matthew Foley, OFM Conv., as the new president of the Athol Springs school on Sept. 9. Father Foley has been with the Franciscan high school since 2018, when he ...
This week students across the diocese returned to school ready to face a year of “normal” education without masks or distance learning. Many Catholic schools saw new principals ready to roll out the traditions and ...
To date, 14 men born in the Diocese of Buffalo have been named bishops. Currently, one is still serving as ordinary. Impressive as this may sound, 14 does not appear to be an inordinately large number for a diocese ...
A Western New York native stood along seven others as they professed final vows with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tennessee. Sister Maria Grace Thielman promised poverty, chastity and obedience as ...
The Diocese of Buffalo is cruising down the Road to Renewal and picking up speed. During the second annual diocesan Renewal Mass, held Aug. 28 at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in ...
TONAWANDA — Members of the Student Government at Cardinal O’Hara High School relax in the school courtyard during a break in the daylong orientation event for incoming freshmen on Aug. 24. Members of the incoming ...
Catholic elementary school principals mixed business with pleasure as they toured some of Buffalo’s magnificent churches during their annual principal’s meeting with the diocesan Catholic Schools Department. The Aug. 18 tour took them to Blessed ...
