When Catholic high school senior Susan Lutzke found out in December that St. Bede School, which she attended as a child in Ingleside, Illinois, was facing closure due to lack of funds, she immediately got to work to save it. “Honestly, I didn’t really think about it that much,” the 17-year-old told CNA Thursday. “We […]
ROME — Amid significant confusion about the Vatican’s recent guidance on same-sex blessings, the document’s architect has lashed out at those advancing the most liberal interpretation: Catholic leadership in Germany. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and longtime theological adviser to Pope Francis, described “Fiducia Supplicans” […]
Ray Geska has a goal. He wants to experience Mass in every church in the Diocese of Buffalo. He’s already halfway there, visiting most of Erie County and some of Niagara. Burned out from his work at GEICO, Geska, 59, took a leave of absence last August and decided to attend daily morning Mass. “I […]
OLV National Shrine & Basilica invites kids and families to a special Kids Night Under the Dome on Saturday, Jan. 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Kids and families are asked to bring blankets and sleeping bags, and wear comfy clothes to lie under the dome of the historic basilica. Pizza, snacks and hot cocoa […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given by the late Pope Benedict XVI at private Sunday Masses – 30 given while he was pope and more than 100 given to members of his household once he retired. The homilies were recorded and transcribed […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — Dr. Rachel M. Harris has been named executive director of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University. She begins work Jan. 16. “Dr. Harris has a wealth of experience and ideas to bring to the executive director role at the Quick Center,” said Laura Peterson, associate professor […]
The Diocese of Buffalo wishes to honor couples who will observe their 25th, 50th, 60th and 70th wedding anniversaries in 2024 with a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael W. Fisher, during which couples will renew their marriage vows. The Mass will be held Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Cathedral […]
A wide array of Advent services and projects has been announced by the Downtown Family of Catholic Parishes to begin Sunday, Dec. 3, and continuing until Dec. 21. Each of the parishes within the family will participate in holding particular services, service projects, and events including Christmas concerts, Taizé prayer, and a Rorate Mass honoring […]
While most people know February is Black History Month in the United States, fewer people may know that the month of November marks Black Catholic History Month. Black and African American Catholics make up only a small fraction of the overall Catholic population in the nation, but they are an inspired population. As WNY Catholic […]
Nov. 22, 1963, was a day of mourning for the United States as President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Now, 60 years later, Catholics continue to look back at his life and legacy and the role his faith played in his presidency. On that fateful day, Barbara Perry, currently a professor of presidential studies at […]
