The Parish Council of Blessed Sacrament Church is pleased to announce that a five-week Bible study course on ”The Famous & Forgotten Women of the Bible” will be presented by Deacon William Hynes at Blessed Sacrament Parish, in St. Joseph’s Hall, located at 1029 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. The classes will be held on Wednesdays from […]
Canisius University is proud to announce its inaugural Women’s Leadership Summit on Friday, March 7. The summit, themed “Joining One Another on the Journey,” will bring together Canisius alumnae, students, faculty, staff and friends to celebrate women’s leadership while fostering personal and professional growth in the next generation of leaders. Headlining the Women’s Leadership Summit […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Dr. Amy Nwora, an experienced higher education and child development professional, has been named dean of Niagara University’s College of Education, effective Feb. 17. Nwora comes to Niagara from D’Youville University, where she has served as a full-time professor in its occupational therapy and health professions education departments since 2004. She was […]
WYRK morning man Clay Moden returned to his East Aurora roots to accept Immaculate Conception School’s first Distinguished Alumni Award. Moden, a 1991 graduate of Immaculate Conception and 1995 graduate of East Aurora High School, began his radio career while studying at Canisius College in Buffalo. “It’s very emotional for me to be back here […]
Students from 14 Catholic schools in the Diocese of Buffalo gathered at Kleinhans Music Hall Tuesday, Feb. 11 for a special concert put on by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. The theme was “Erie Canal 200: Low Bridge, Everybody Down,” celebrating the bicentennial of the canal’s completion and opening. “I think it’s so great to learn […]
The drama built over the course of nearly three hours on the Mount St. Mary Academy stage as the original 49 contestants wound down to three during the 3rd annual Diocesan Spelling Bee. The contestants dutifully spelled words culled from the gold standard of word procurement – the Scripps Spelling Bee. Seventeen diocesan grammar schools […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen bonds with its neighbors in the Seneca Nation of Indians, St. Bonaventure University formally acknowledged for the first time “the stewards of the land” upon which the school was built almost 170 years ago. In a ceremony at center court just before tipoff of […]
Guests attending the 25th Catholic Education Dinner heard from current and former students as they spoke about the impact attending a Catholic school had on their lives. The Feb. 5 event, held at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, is the annual fundraising event for Catholic scholarships organized by the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese […]
TONAWANDA — For Romerro Estrada, an evening that started out fun could have ended in tragedy if not for the calm, cool and collected reaction from a friend. Following a Cardinal O’Hara High School girls’ basketball game, Romerro prepared to practice with the boys’ basketball team. As he started, his eyes began to itch, a […]
The 25th annual Catholic Education Dinner returned in full force to honor and thank those who support area Catholic schools. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the fundraiser came back to the Buffalo Convention Center for the first time since Covid stopped the world in 2020. A series of virtual gatherings and lunches took place in recent […]
