A crowd of friends, family and associates packed St. Joseph Cathedral as full as COVID-19 regulations would allow. They came to pay their respects to Bishop Edward U. Kmiec who passed away July 11 at the age of 84. Dozens of priests, eight bishops and one cardinal concelebrated the Mass for their brother and shepherd […]
With unexpected financial need growing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canisius High School community stepped up to help during the school’s online Day of Caring fundraiser on May 28. Nearly 400 donors raised more than $111,000 to help the school carry out its mission and provide tuition support so that no student […]
Dr. Mark St. Marie, a longtime Mercy Hospital of South Buffalo gastroenterologist, proudly held up a sign reading “COVID-19 Champion” as staff Kenmore Mercy Hospital bid him an emotional farewell on June 5. His 67-day journey started at Mercy Hospital where he was diagnosed in March, followed by two weeks on a ventilator and his […]
Three middle school students were awarded this year’s Mary E. Kirwan Catholic Education Scholarship at St. John the Baptist School in Kenmore. Established in 2014, this scholarship honors Ken-Ton resident Mary Kirwan, who founded the school’s Annual Scholarship Dinner…and Golf Outing. This unique scholarship is awarded to middle school students at St. John’s Kenmore who emulate Kirwan’s commitment […]
Russell “Rusty” Browning is finally going home after 101 days of hospitalization and quite the tour of Catholic Health’s facilities. First diagnosed with COVID-19 in late March at Mercy Hospital, he survived 67 days on a ventilator at the Catholic Health Covid-19 Treatment Facility at St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga. Browning spent the longest time […]
Race riots and civil unrest date back to Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion in 1931. Buffalo was the spot of one of 159 riots that swept cities during the “Long Hot Summer of 1967,” when a group of African-American teens, frustrated by mistreatment by white government and police forces, broke car and store windows through William […]
In January, the Western New York Catholic reported that Father John Mack, longtime theology professor at Christ the King Seminary, was in need of a live liver donor. On June 30, he received his new liver from one of his former parishioners. The 66-year-old priest spoke from his family home in Rochester just a couple […]
Rays of sun shone through the domed basilica with its contour of the Northern Hemisphere of the globe that makes up the ceiling of Niagara County’s iconic Fatima Shrine as Father Peter Calabrese, provincial vicar for the Barnabite Fathers USA, opened its doors on Saturday, June 13, for a Mass that signaled the beginning of […]
As a response to the death of George Floyd and the emotional uproar that followed, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger along with representatives from Catholic Relief Services, the diocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities and Catholic Charities held a Speak Out Against Racism rally on June 16 in front of the Catholic Center from downtown Buffalo. Floyd, […]
The locks are off, the doors are open, and people are once again welcome to enjoy a full Mass inside their church. In a quick turnaround, houses of worship were allowed to open during phase 2 of the post COVID reopenings, instead of phase 4 as originally planned. On June 6, houses of worship […]
