More than 8,000 Catholics from across New York state will gather this weekend at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville to celebrate the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. This congress, organized by the eight Catholic dioceses in New York, is part of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival, sponsored by […]
The annual Polish Ancestors Day and All Souls Mass will take place at St. Stanislaus Cemetery on Sunday, Nov. 5. A Mass for the souls of deceased clergy, religious and all lay members of the community, will be offered at 3 p.m. inside the Resurrection Mausoleum Chapel at the cemetery. Beginning at 1 p.m. experts […]
Catholic Charities of Buffalo has named Rikki Nawotka-Ace, LMSW, as senior director. In her new role, Nawotka-Ace will join the program operations team and oversee Catholic Charities’ resettlement programming, including the immigration and refugee assistance program. “Rikki’s energy, leadership and expertise will strengthen our commitment to the people and communities we serve, particularly our immigration […]
As violent conflicts continue to take place in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, Buffalo celebrated the value in the diversity of different cultures with music and a meal. The third annual Cultural Diversity Celebration sponsored by the diocesan Office of Cultural Diversity took place Oct. 13 at Classics V in Amherst. Created in conjunction […]
Sister Lois Jean Nunweiler, OSF, a teacher in Catholic elementary schools who maintained lifelong connections with church and community in her native Springville, died Oct. 10, 2023, at her home in Springville. She was 74. One of seven children of Robert and Irma (Underberg) Nunweiler, Sister Lois Jean was born Jan. 13, 1949. She grew […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — Franciscan Institute Publications of St. Bonaventure University has published a new study of St. Francis of Assisi’s rule of 1221. Edited by Thomas A. Piolata, OFM Cap, and David B. Couturier, OFM Cap, “The Earlier Rule of 1221: History, Theology and Vision” provides the latest scholarship on a rule of life that […]
Oct. 12 marks the feast day of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a millennial-generation teenager who chronicled an extensive online database of eucharistic miracles throughout history. St. Gregory the Great Church in Williamsville celebrated the feast day by opening a four-day exhibition of Blessed Carlo’s work and the display of a relic within its sanctuary. During a […]
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Hospitals list as a High Performing Hospital in Heart Bypass Surgery, Stroke and Heart Attack Care. “This national recognition signals to our patients and community that they are receiving some of the highest rated cardiac and stroke care in […]
ROME — The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has called for a day of prayer and fasting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa has urged Catholics to organize times of prayer with Eucharistic adoration and recitation of the rosary “to deliver to God the Father our […]
The Niagara Falls Family of Parishes has begun their journey of forming a true family as they partnered for their second annual day of service on Saturday, Oct. 7. Family #35, held a Family of Parishes Day of Service at the St. Vincent de Paul Parish Center, located at St. Leo’s Worship Site. Each parish […]
