Guests attending the 25th Catholic Education Dinner heard from current and former students as they spoke about the impact attending a Catholic school had on their lives. The Feb. 5 event, held at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, is the annual fundraising event for Catholic scholarships organized by the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese […]
TONAWANDA — For Romerro Estrada, an evening that started out fun could have ended in tragedy if not for the calm, cool and collected reaction from a friend. Following a Cardinal O’Hara High School girls’ basketball game, Romerro prepared to practice with the boys’ basketball team. As he started, his eyes began to itch, a […]
A 30-day fundraising campaign with a goal of $1.5 million was launched Friday, Feb. 7 to cover suspended federal refugee funding as a result of a recent U.S. Department of State stop work order. That funding, through the U.S Refugee Admissions Program, provides support to recently resettled families and individuals during their first 90 days […]
The 25th annual Catholic Education Dinner returned in full force to honor and thank those who support area Catholic schools. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the fundraiser came back to the Buffalo Convention Center for the first time since Covid stopped the world in 2020. A series of virtual gatherings and lunches took place in recent […]
Father Thomas J. Quinlivan, a priest for nearly 53 years, died Feb. 5, 2025. He is best known as chaplain of St. Mary’s School for the Deaf and pastor of Queen of Heaven in West Seneca. Born May 1, 1946, in Buffalo to Thomas and Gertrude (Kerwin) Quinlivan. He attended St. John the Evangelist School […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — It’s tax season, and accounting students from Niagara University’s Holzschuh College of Business Administration and members of its Accounting Society and Beta Alpha Psi will again provide members of the Niagara Falls community free tax preparation assistance through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which offers free tax help […]
LACKAWANNA — OLV Charities, the mission support partner of Father Nelson Baker’s charitable works, will become the new organizational sponsor of the activities and locations of the St. Gianna Molla Pregnancy Outreach Centers in Western New York beginning this month. The centers will be renamed the St. Gianna Pregnancy Outreach Centers – An OLV Ministry. […]
St. Gianna Beretta Molla, who urged doctors to save her unborn baby’s life even at the cost of her own, is the featured saint in the season finale of “Sister Justine’s Saint Tales,” the original audio play podcast series produced by the Diocese of Buffalo. This 10th and final episode of Season 3 is now […]
The Parish Council of Blessed Sacrament Church is pleased to announce the third lecture of the Church on Fire II Lecture Series for 2024-2025. The lecture, “Evil Today: The Reality of the Demonic,” will be given by Deacon Thomas LaBelle on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church located at 1029 Delaware […]
Sister Mary Patrick Murphy, a Sister of St. Joseph for 71 years, died Jan. 16, 2025, at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence. Sister Mary Pat’s 45 years (1955-2000) of teaching multiple business courses brought her to Mount St. Joseph Academy and Bishop O’Hern High School, both in Buffalo, and Cardinal Mindszenty High […]
