Sister Marigene Kennedy, who served as teacher, principal and administrator, died July 29, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany. For 71 years she faithfully lived her vows to God through her ministry and life in community. Born Oct. 2, 1929, in Philadelphia, Marigene attended schools in Pennsylvania before graduating from the Moore Institute of […]
The Spiritual Exercises is an in-depth experience of praying with Scripture in an Ignatian tradition. It involves daily prayer using selected Scripture passages directed toward becoming more attentive and open to God through development of a deep personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The retreat involves small group meetings, weekly for the first month, then twice […]
Matthew 20: 26-28 “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant, whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom ‘for many.’” This past week, I […]
The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is pleased to announce several grant opportunities for the upcoming cycle. These grants aim to support various initiatives within our diocese, including education, evangelization, religious formation, humanitarian aid, and social services. Grant funds are divided into two categories: General Discretionary Grants – for projects that align […]
Former pastors, administrators, deacons and a church full of parishioners gathered at St. Lawrence in Buffalo to mark the final Mass of the 95-year-old parish. The parish, which is the third to close in the last two months, locked the doors after the Aug. 10 vigil Mass. Bishop Michael W. Fisher, stood with many priests […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged people to truly listen to God’s voice rather than looking to the Lord for a confirmation of their own ideas in his Angelus address on Sunday. “Brothers and sisters, when faith and prayer are true, they open the mind and the heart; they do not close them,” Pope Francis […]
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Buffalo want to know what their former students are doing now. The sisters taught at many schools, including Mount St. Joseph Elementary School, Bishop O’Hern High School, Mount St. Joseph Academy, all in Buffalo, Our Lady of Victory Academy and Baker-Victory High School in Lackawanna, St. Mary’s Academy in […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — For the past 15 years, Niagara University’s Disability Awareness Training program has provided first responders, businesses and government agencies with customized programs that sensitize and educate participants on all aspects of disabilities and the challenges they may encounter as they interact with and respond to incidents, situations and accidents that involve individuals […]
Father Seweryn J. Koszyk, SAC, who served at the Infant Jesus Shrine in North Tonawanda, died Aug 6, 2024, at the age of 89. He will be remembered as the cherished son of the late Franciszek Koszyk and Aniela Weglarz, loving brother of the late Zygfryd, Jan, Kazmiera (Sopicki) and Danuta (Stuglik) Koszyk. Father Koszyk […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for $205,241 that will engage chemistry faculty and students over a three-year period beginning Sept. 1. The project, titled “RUI: Development of pi-Conjugated Carboxylic Acids For Use in Self-Assembling Materials,” is under the direction of Dr. Alexander “A.J.” Rupprecht, assistant professor […]
