On what would have been the day of the traditional commencement exercises at Canisius High School, May 21, 2020, Canisius will instead host a drive-through parade on campus to celebrate its graduating seniors. Seniors and their families are invited to decorate their vehicles and drive through the parking lot at 1180 Delaware Avenue on May […]
St. Benedict seventh-grader, Justin Maloney, has been awarded the 2020 Award for Excellence in Chinese Language Learning. This award is given each year to the top Chinese language students in Western New York by the University at Buffalo Confucius Institute. Awardees are usually honored during the University of Buffalo’s annual Chinese New Year celebration, but […]
Mount St. Mary Academy senior, Elena DePaolo, was honored as one of only 25 recipients of the College Board’s $40,000 Complete Your Journey scholarship. More than 500,000 students from all 50 states joined the College Board Opportunity Scholarships program since it launched in December 2018. DePaolo has consistently challenged herself academically, taking AP and college […]
St. Teresa of Calcutta once said, “It’s not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts.” At Notre Dame Academy in South Buffalo, this notion is put into practice daily. Recently a small, love-filled gesture of kindness inspired an exciting new school ministry. One of Notre […]
With very little warning all Catholic schools in the Diocese of Buffalo were temporarily closed March 17 due to an outbreak of the coronavirus. This forced schools to rethink how they educate their students. One school, Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School, decided to simply end the school year early after seeing that the South Buffalo […]
HAMBURG — The Hilbert College community outpaced last year’s totals for its Giving Day fundraiser, with more than $56,000 coming from nearly 200 donors to help the college carry out its mission. Alumni, students, family members, faculty, staff and friends of Hilbert supported the college’s new Franciscan Student Resources Fund to help current and future […]
Following an extensive review process, St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore – the first Roman Catholic seminary in the United States – has been selected by the Diocese of Buffalo for the academic and spiritual formation program for its seminarians, beginning in the fall of 2020. “St. Mary’s Seminary, operated by the Society of […]
The Western New York Catholic took some time while working at home to ask Erica Aikin, assistant superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for the diocesan Department of Catholic Schools, how her department is working with parish elementary schools during this unique stay-at-home period of our history. What is the Department of Catholic Schools doing […]
