BUFFALO and NEW YORK — In honor of Gun Violence Awareness Month, close to 100 religious leaders across New York state participated in “Faith Weekend,” spreading awareness of gun violence and honoring the individuals and families whose lives have been impacted. Throughout the weekend, faith leaders held services that included moments of silence, group prayer, […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — The women in Dr. Roselind Bogner’s Special Topics: Peer Helping Program class were a diverse group representing schools and community-based organizations in Niagara Falls. But they had a common goal: to develop a peer helping program for the people they serve. The course was one of several mental-health-focused initiatives funded through a […]
If you attend a Major League Baseball game this season you might be surprised to see two men in brown robes dispensing prayers with their chatter. Father Casey Cole, OFM, and Father Roberto “Tito” Serrano, OFM, also known as the Bleacher Brothers, will spend this summer evangelizing at ballparks. Both work in education, Father Cole […]
“The current food crisis may rapidly turn into a food catastrophe of global proportions in 2023,” said U.N. trade chief Rebeca Grynspan. Approximately 60 percent of workers worldwide have lower real incomes today than they had before the pandemic. Grynspan added that “families are having to choose whether to skip meals, keep children in school, […]
I’m sorry if this seems rushed, but I’ve been so busy covering the ordinations and prayer services the past few weeks that I haven’t had time to sit and think about what I want to say about the Office of Communications. I thought things would get easier when we became a digital-only publication and didn’t […]
One hundred men and women profess vows to religious communities every year. One of those women has professed her final vows as a Sister of Mercy of the Americas and will continue to serve the Buffalo Diocese. Sister Colleen O’Toole would make a great poster child for religious sisters because she fits the profile found […]
Father Richard M. Cahill, former teacher at Bishop Tuner High School and longtime pastor at St. Stephen Parish on Grand Island, died in Clearwater, Florida over the weekend of June 4-5, 2022. Born May 26, 1930, the son of David J. and Julia C. Cahill attended school near his Niagara Falls home, graduating from Niagara […]
Proclaiming it a joyful day for the Church, Bishop Michael W. Fisher opened remarks during his homily during the Mass for the Ordination to the Holy Order of Deacon. Jeffrey Donovan became a transitional deacon in the diocese during the Mass at OLV National Shrine & Basilica on May 27. Bishop Fisher thanked Msgr. David […]
Sister Barbara Stafford, a Sister of St. Joseph for 66 years, died May 1, 2022, at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence, after a lengthy period of poor health. She was 85. Born in Buffalo April 21, 1937, to Clarence and Magdalen (Gallager) Stafford, Sister Barbara entered the community in September 1955 and […]
Music, the great outdoors, and of course faith, mingled together to lead Joseph Tokasz to the priesthood. Father Tokasz, who was ordained June 4, always let what was dear to his heart drive him. Born in West Seneca and raised in Elma, the oldest of three kids in a tightknit family, received the music gene […]
