WASHINGTON — Since Pope Francis marked the beginning of the 2025 Jubilee Year, 1.3 million people have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, according to Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect for the New Evangelization section of the Dicastery for Evangelization. Archbishop Fisichella made the announcement at a Feb. 7 press […]
Canisius University is proud to announce its inaugural Women’s Leadership Summit on Friday, March 7. The summit, themed “Joining One Another on the Journey,” will bring together Canisius alumnae, students, faculty, staff and friends to celebrate women’s leadership while fostering personal and professional growth in the next generation of leaders. Headlining the Women’s Leadership Summit […]
Buffalo, N.Y., February 14, 2025 – The sale of the Diocese of Buffalo’s property in East Aurora that was the former home of Christ the King Seminary closed today, completing the transfer to new owners. The closing today follows a public auction held Oct. 28, 2024, administered through U.S. Bankruptcy Court, in which World Mission […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Dr. Amy Nwora, an experienced higher education and child development professional, has been named dean of Niagara University’s College of Education, effective Feb. 17. Nwora comes to Niagara from D’Youville University, where she has served as a full-time professor in its occupational therapy and health professions education departments since 2004. She was […]
WYRK morning man Clay Moden returned to his East Aurora roots to accept Immaculate Conception School’s first Distinguished Alumni Award. Moden, a 1991 graduate of Immaculate Conception and 1995 graduate of East Aurora High School, began his radio career while studying at Canisius College in Buffalo. “It’s very emotional for me to be back here […]
Students from 14 Catholic schools in the Diocese of Buffalo gathered at Kleinhans Music Hall Tuesday, Feb. 11 for a special concert put on by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. The theme was “Erie Canal 200: Low Bridge, Everybody Down,” celebrating the bicentennial of the canal’s completion and opening. “I think it’s so great to learn […]
The drama built over the course of nearly three hours on the Mount St. Mary Academy stage as the original 49 contestants wound down to three during the 3rd annual Diocesan Spelling Bee. The contestants dutifully spelled words culled from the gold standard of word procurement – the Scripps Spelling Bee. Seventeen diocesan grammar schools […]
World Marriage Day, the annual celebration of the promise of a marital union, took place Feb. 9 with a special Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Buffalo. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · February 9, 2025 – Diocese celebrates annual Jubilee Wedding Anniversary Mass Bishop Michael W. Fisher offered a warm welcome to […]
Sister Mary Bertina Rapnicki died peacefully on Feb. 5, 2025, at St. Francis Park in the 96th year of life and the 78th year of religious life. Sister Bertina was born on April 17, 1928, in Detroit, to Jan and Julia (Maximovicz) Rapnicki. On Jan. 5, 1946, she became a postulant and on July 15, […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen bonds with its neighbors in the Seneca Nation of Indians, St. Bonaventure University formally acknowledged for the first time “the stewards of the land” upon which the school was built almost 170 years ago. In a ceremony at center court just before tipoff of […]
