Father Thomas J. Quinlivan, a priest for nearly 53 years, died Feb. 5, 2025. He is best known as chaplain of St. Mary’s School for the Deaf and pastor of Queen of Heaven in West Seneca. Born May 1, 1946, in Buffalo to Thomas and Gertrude (Kerwin) Quinlivan. He attended St. John the Evangelist School […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — It’s tax season, and accounting students from Niagara University’s Holzschuh College of Business Administration and members of its Accounting Society and Beta Alpha Psi will again provide members of the Niagara Falls community free tax preparation assistance through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which offers free tax help […]
LACKAWANNA — OLV Charities, the mission support partner of Father Nelson Baker’s charitable works, will become the new organizational sponsor of the activities and locations of the St. Gianna Molla Pregnancy Outreach Centers in Western New York beginning this month. The centers will be renamed the St. Gianna Pregnancy Outreach Centers – An OLV Ministry. […]
St. Gianna Beretta Molla, who urged doctors to save her unborn baby’s life even at the cost of her own, is the featured saint in the season finale of “Sister Justine’s Saint Tales,” the original audio play podcast series produced by the Diocese of Buffalo. This 10th and final episode of Season 3 is now […]
The Parish Council of Blessed Sacrament Church is pleased to announce the third lecture of the Church on Fire II Lecture Series for 2024-2025. The lecture, “Evil Today: The Reality of the Demonic,” will be given by Deacon Thomas LaBelle on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church located at 1029 Delaware […]
Sister Mary Patrick Murphy, a Sister of St. Joseph for 71 years, died Jan. 16, 2025, at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence. Sister Mary Pat’s 45 years (1955-2000) of teaching multiple business courses brought her to Mount St. Joseph Academy and Bishop O’Hern High School, both in Buffalo, and Cardinal Mindszenty High […]
TONAWANDA — St. Timothy Parish is hosting the Eucharistic Miracles Display in honor of the upcoming canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis. The exhibit, created by the young Italian known as the first millennial saint, will be on display from Feb. 5-26, at St. Timothy Parish, 565 East Park Drive, Tonawanda. An opening Mass will be […]
The annual Catholic Schools Week tour of area educational institutes came to a close on Jan. 31, as Bishop Michael W. Fisher and his team visited South Buffalo. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · January 31, 2025 – Friday's stops complete Bishop Fisher's Catholic Schools Week visits For the past week, Bishop Fisher, along […]
The Catholic Schools Week tour continued as Bishop Michael W. Fisher and members of the Catholic Schools department traveled to Dunkirk and Olean to talk to students and share the Good News. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · January 31, 2025 – Bishop Fisher hits the road for Thursday's Catholic Schools Week stops Bishop […]
I bet there have been times that you, like me, have experienced that empty feeling that you do not belong here, that you are an unwelcomed person – persona non grata. Now magnify that feeling. Imagine that you had to flee from your native country because of unbearable persecution and/or dire poverty conditions. Imagine that […]
