Russell “Rusty” Browning finally went home after 101 days of hospitalization and quite the tour of Catholic Health’s facilities. First diagnosed with COVID-19 in late March at Mercy Hospital, he survived 67 days on a ventilator at the Catholic Health COVID-19 Treatment Facility at St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga. Browning spent the longest time on […]
Older members of the Church of the Annunciation, Elma remember attending the summer picnic as children. Father Eugene “Shorty” Selbert was pastor in 1937 when the parish transformed the parish lawn fete into a community picnic. It became known as the “Elma Picnic.” Everything was local. Neighboring farmers provided the food (vegetables, meat and fruit) […]
LANCASTER — St. Mary of the Assumption Parish has been livestreaming daily and weekend Masses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and will continue to do so, as permanent livestreaming equipment has been installed at the church located at 1 St. Mary’s Hill (at the corner of Aurora and St. Joseph streets). Daily Mass is livestreamed from […]
Each year the Polish-American community of Buff alo hosts a Mass commemorating the life and death of Maximilian Maria Kolbe, the 47-year-old Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who gave up his life in exchange for that of another Polish prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. In Auschwitz, Maximilian was prisoner number 16670, a Polish Catholic, one […]
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger has announced the following appointments for the Diocese of Buffalo. Father Robert Wozniak has been appointed administrator of St. Pius X Parish in Getzville for a six-year term, effective Aug. 9. Father Wozniak’s has been serving on the faculty of Christ the King Seminary since 2015. Robert Grinewich, who has been […]
(Buffalo, NY) – The Diocese of Buffalo has appointed Joan D. Thomas as Interim School Superintendent, an education professional with nearly five decades of experience as an educator, principal and interim superintendent and superintendent for two school districts in Western New York. Beginning immediately, Ms. Thomas will be working closely with outgoing Superintendent, Dr. Michael […]
Catholic Charities of Buffalo announced today that Appeal 2020 in support of Catholic Charities and the Fund for the Faith achieved a total of $8,411,138 in cash and pledges, representing 84.1 percent of its $10 million goal. “While it has certainly been a challenging year, we are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and generosity […]
Sister Loretta Young, a teacher and administrator at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf and an adjunct professor at Canisius College, died June 8, 2020, at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence after a long illness. She was 89. Born in Buffalo May 9, 1931, to Robert and Ethel (Griffith) Young. Sister Loretta […]
Sister M. Frances Joseph Piazza, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities for nearly 57years, passed away on June 7, 2020, at the age of 86. Born Jean Piazza on June 6, 1934, in Phillipsburg, N.J. to Joseph and Josephine Piazza, Italian Immigrants. Jean attended school at St. Phillip and St. James in […]
With unexpected financial need growing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canisius High School community stepped up to help during the school’s online Day of Caring fundraiser on May 28. Nearly 400 donors raised more than $111,000 to help the school carry out its mission and provide tuition support so that no student […]
