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 […]
If you follow my thoughts regularly, you will have noticed that I rarely mention the names of partisan political figures. I do not and will not tell anyone for whom to vote. What makes me an expert? I have enough of a job to decide my own vote. I believe that people are smart enough […]
Sister Loretta Young, a teacher and administrator at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf and an adjunct professor at Canisius College, died June 8, 2020, at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence after a long illness. She was 89. Born in Buffalo May 9, 1931, to Robert and Ethel (Griffith) Young. Sister Loretta […]
Sister M. Frances Joseph Piazza, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities for nearly 57years, passed away on June 7, 2020, at the age of 86. Born Jean Piazza on June 6, 1934, in Phillipsburg, N.J. to Joseph and Josephine Piazza, Italian Immigrants. Jean attended school at St. Phillip and St. James in […]
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 […]
The Church in Poland celebrated the centenary of the baptism of St. John Paul II Saturday, June 20. The future pope was baptized on June 20, 1920, in the Chapel of the Holy Family of the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice, southern Poland. When he returned to the basilica […]
and families in crisis
Two podcasts are being offered through the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation for Freedom, Family and Faith. Podcast for Catholics Affected by Divorce and Separation The First Tuesday of each month, 8-9 p.m. Eastern. Podcast for Families in Crisis. The Last Thursday of each month, 8-9 p.m. Eastern Both podcasts are available on YouTube, Facebook, Podbean […]
VATICAN CITY — In the period to follow the coronavirus pandemic, people should remember they are made for communion with others and with God, Pope Francis said. “Now more than ever the claim to focus everything on ourselves is illusory – to make individualism the guiding principle of society has proved to be illusory,” Pope […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — In collaboration with the School of Education, St. Bonaventure University’s School of Arts and Sciences has added four new majors to help STEM the tide of New York’s evaporating pool of teachers. New York’s State Education Department approved the four new majors last week. Beginning this fall, St. Bonaventure will offer bachelor […]
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 […]
