Students at Nativity of Mary School in Clarence got to enjoy a bounce house obstacle course Feb. 1, an inflatable whack-a-mole game that included lights and beeping sound effects, and ring and ball toss games, all while volunteering family members of some students made bags of popcorn for the children to take back to their […]
Sister Margaret Ann O’Donnell, RSM, formerly known as Sister Mary Perpetua, died Jan. 25. Margaret was one of 12 children born to Alvin and Anna (Breidenstein) O’Donnell. The family resided in the Seneca-Babcock area of South Buffalo. She attended St. Monica School and went on to Mount Mercy Academy. After being taught by the Sisters […]
Twenty-six Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Buffalo will participate in the diocese’s System Accreditation with Middle States Accreditation (MSA). Previous to this year, the Diocese of Buffalo was the only diocese in New York that didn’t require accreditation of its schools. More than 90 percent of Catholic schools nationwide achieve some type of […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has announced the following clergy assignments: Father Joseph W. Tokasz has been appointed parish administrator of Family of Parishes #20 (Assumption, Holy Spirit, St. Margaret, St. Mark, St. Rose of Lima and All Saints, all in Buffalo), effective Feb, 5. He will reside at St. Margaret Parish, Buffalo. Father Tokasz has […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher kept an important lunch date Monday, Jan. 29, meeting with students at St. John the Baptist School in Alden. And the children brought many tough questions for their guest to answer. “Who did you cheer for in the weekend football games?” “Do you like Coke or Pepsi?” “Which do you like […]
Catholic Schools Week, that annual celebration of Catholic education, is bringing healthy competition and some fun to Batavia St. Joseph Regional School has a week filled with fun events including lunch and Bingo with parents. Tuesday saw a Pajama and Movie Day. On Wednesday the school will be divided into houses from kindergarten through sixth […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University is calling on all alumni and friends to make a bold statement with a donation during the ninth annual #BonaGivingDay on Feb. 15. The purpose behind the 24-hour crowdfunding initiative, found here, is to unite Bonnies worldwide in support of today’s students. With megaphone in hand – make that […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher thanked parents and teachers who help children in Catholic schools for the sacrifice they make. The bishop offered his gratitude during the kickoff Mass for Catholic Schools Week held Jan. 28 at St. Benedict Parish in Eggertsville. The children’s choir performed and students from St. Benedict School served as lectors for […]
Priests, deacons and staff from urban parishes gathered for a City Ministry Conference to learn how to do more with less. Sponsored by the Renewal and Development Team, the Jan. 23 meeting at St. Stanislaus Parish in Buffalo was held to guide urban parishes as they set pillar goals in their families. Nationally known evangelist […]
In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, the late Elie Wiesel, reflecting on the Holocaust, and his personal experience of it – being in the same World War II Nazi concentration camps where his mother, father and sister were murdered, and coming very close to being executed himself – voiced these profound words: “I […]
