On Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Blessed Trinity Church (317 Leroy Ave., Buffalo) will participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s 15 annual Sacred Sites Open House weekend with its theme of “Building for Eternity: Religious Architecture and Artisans.” Reflecting on the restoration and reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, […]
Catholic Charities of Buffalo is hosting its second Hops for HOPE at Resurgence Brewing as a celebration of the work of the agency and a call to support Appeal 2025. Following the success of the inaugural Hops for HOPE event last year, this year’s event is a weeklong celebration that kicks off on Friday, May […]
Mrs. Mullins’ kindergarten class at Our Lady of Victory School wrote this prayer for mother’s everywhere.
The public is invited to pray Tuesday, May 13 at a Living Rosary in Honor of Mary, Our Mother of Hope, Healing and Peace, beginning at 7 p.m. at the outdoor grotto on the grounds of Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 4125 Union Road (corner of Genesee) in Cheektowaga. The prayer coincides with the […]
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, born 500 years ago in 1525, is considered one of the greatest composers of Catholic choral music. In the Diocese of Buffalo, the St. John Paul II Schola Cantorum will perform two concerts during the month of June to mark the milestone anniversary and celebrate his legacy. Their concert program, “Palestrina […]
For the first time in the more than 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, a cardinal from the United States has been elected pope. Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in the early evening hours of Thursday, May 8, 2025. His immediate predecessor, […]
Castellani Art Museum, located on the campus of Niagara University, is adding a youth-oriented day camp to its lineup of summer programming in 2025. Families have a chance to preview it later this month. Camp CAM is a five-week program that combines visual arts and theater, and gives children ages 5 to 12 the opportunity […]
Seats are still available for the Diocese of Buffalo’s 2025 Renewal Conference, to be held Friday, May 16 in the Adamski Center at St. Stanislaus Parish, 389 Peckham Street off Fillmore Avenue in Buffalo, across the street from the church. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. This year’s theme is Renewing in a Time […]
The official mourning period for Pope Francis – the nine days, or Novendiales, is finished. The black bunting, and memorials set up to honor the late Holy Father have come down. Now, the world awaits the start Wednesday of the Conclave to Elect a New Holy Father. In anticipation of the election of a new […]
Sister Therese Kinsel, OSF, whose ministry included schools, retreats, pastoral and secretarial work, died May 1, 2025 at the age of 88 at the Stella Niagara Health Center. Born May 9, 1936 in New Lexington, Ohio as Janet Kinsel, Sister Therese entered the Sisters of St. Francis on October 31, 1954 and was professed July […]
