Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School announced the appointment of Tim Kenney as head of school. Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Bernard Ryan (Class of ’98) said Kenney will be a difference maker: “Tim’s expertise and experience at some of the highest levels of educational leadership will help Bishop Timon build on our proud history and […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The newest Knights of Columbus documentary film, “St. Joseph: Our Spiritual Father,” is available at kofc.org to coincide with the end of the Year of St. Joseph. Produced to increase devotion to the foster father of Jesus, protector of the Holy Family and patron of the Church, the film premiered on ABC affiliates across […]
HOUSTON — No one ever said it would be easy, but the challenge made it all the sweeter. In a game dictated by a strong wind for the entire 80 minutes, top-seeded St. Bonaventure held on by the last shred of its fingernails and defeated No. 2 Penn State, 19-18, to win the National Collegiate […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher pours holy oil on the new altar of Ascension Parish. The bishop blessed the altar and restored Batavia parish on Dec. 11. Nearly 67 years to the day Bishop Joseph Burke came to Batavia to bless Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, the Swan Street building was again blessed by the bishop […]
Father Gary R. Kibler, who had served throughout the Diocese of Buffalo, died Dec. 9, 2021, at the age of 76. Born Aug. 16, 1945, in Buffalo to Roy and Lorraine Kibler, Father Kibler attended Blessed Trinity School in Buffalo, Mother of Divine Grace School in Cheektowaga, and the Diocesan Preparatory Seminary in Buffalo. He […]
Ascension Parish in Batavia will hold two events to celebrate the newly renovated and restored church. On Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m., Ascension Parish will gather to offer a solemn evening of prayer in the presence of the relics of the saints, asking for intercession for the world and in particular this evening for […]
Among the students and parents who attended the Cardinal O’Hara High School class ring ceremony are (from left,) Michael and Brandy Lakeman and their daughter Marissa, a senior, and Rachel and Leonard Smith with their son Nolan, a junior. (Photo courtesy of Cardinal O’Hara High School) TONAWANDA — Members of the junior and senior classes […]
This February will mark nine years since the historic renunciation of Pope Benedict XVI. Joseph Ratzinger would have gone down in history as a great theologian without his rise to the chair of St. Peter, although through his papal ministry he became a teacher of the world. The power of Benedict’s writing speaks for itself, […]
ST. BONAVENTURE – Tagging along with his grandfather to various job sites a young Jamie Peace came to St. Bonaventure’s campus in the early 1960s. Peace hailed from a family of master stonemasons and the university’s brick and mortar projects kept the crews busy at the time. By the time the Reilly Center was built, […]
On Dec. 8, we honor Mary, our Mother. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic feast celebrating Mary’s conception without sin. Even though this feast day occurs in the liturgical season of Advent, which prepares for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary in the womb […]