This year started a new chapter for seminarians from Buffalo. In the fall seven young men traveled to Baltimore to continue their priestly formation at St. Mary’s Seminary & University, while Buffalo’s diocesan seminary, Christ the King, prepares to close. Founded in 1791 by the Society of St. Sulpice, St. Mary’s strives to provide outstanding […]
“God wants to fulfill the desires of your heart.” This was the message that stayed with me after attending a retreat when I was a teenager and continued to resonate in my soul as I discerned my vocation.
Canisius High School has joined eight other Jesuit high schools from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a friendly competition called the Great Ignatian Challenge. The challenge is a holiday food drive competition intended to raise students’ awareness of hunger and inspire them to act by working to fill their local food banks […]
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal-designate Marcello Semeraro did not have to look far for a heavenly patron to assist him when he took on a new job at the age of 72 and then found out 10 days later that he would be made a cardinal. He chose Blessed Carlo Acutis, an Italian who died in […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Prayer has the power to take all those things in life that seem like a condemnation and turn them into something good, Pope Francis said. “The trials of life thus change into opportunities to grow in faith and charity,” the pope said Nov. 4 during his weekly general audience, which was […]
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, apostolic administrator, has made the following appointments. Sister Lucette Kinecki, CSSF, will serve as the temporary parish administrator of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Tonawanda effective Oct. 25. She has been serving as the pastoral associate at Blessed Sacrament. Msgr. Thomas E. Crane is coming out of retirement to serve as the […]
ADRIAN, Mich. — Sister Winifred C.M. Lynch, formerly known as Sister Simon Peter Lynch, died Oct. 18, 2020, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. She was 97 years old and in the 73rd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Winifred was born in Morristown, N.J., to Patrick and […]
NICE, France (CNS) — French bishops conducted a “penitential rite of reparation” inside a church in which three people were murdered in late October. The Nov. 1 Mass of reparation was celebrated in Notre Dame Basilica by Nice Bishop André Marceau, who was joined by Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille and Archbishop Dominique-Marie David of […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY – Father Michael J. McGivney, the Connecticut-born founder of the Knights of Columbus, moved one step closer to sainthood during a ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn. Father McGivney entered Our Lady of Angels Seminary, the precursor of Niagara University, in 1871 and attended through the summer of 1872. Cardinal Joseph […]
BALTIMORE – The nation’s first Roman Catholic seminary will launch a new virtual discussion series on Thursday, November 12, 2020 to highlight the timeless pastoral qualities of St. Mary’s Seminary and University alumnus and founder of the Knights of Columbus Venerable Michael J. McGivney – who will be beatified on October 31, 2020 in New Haven, Connecticut. Pope Francis […]
