When Buffalo turned back the clock to 1890 during the filming of “Cabrini,” Orchard Park’s own Keanna McLaughlin helped make it happen. The 26-year-old served as locations coordinator for the film project, serving as the go-between of the location manager and the homeowners. She collected permits, got leases between studio and homeowners signed, coordinated with […]
BOWMANSVILLE — All are invited to come and join in prayer for the monthly First Friday and First Saturday Devotions at Sacred Heart of Jesus Diocesan Shrine at 5337 Genesee Street in Bowmansville. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque reported visions of Jesus directing her to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on nine consecutive […]
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced the details of its major parish merger plan, one that will merge 61 parishes in the episcopate’s titular city into 21 parishes. The archdiocese said on its website on Sunday that its Seek the City to Come initiative “has entered its public comment phase,” with the plan set to […]
Sister Joan Wagner, co-founder the St. Joseph Center for Spirituality, passed away on April 12, 2024, at age 93. Born Sept. 2, 1930, in Buffalo, she was one of three children and the only daughter of Mathias L. and Marion Meyer Wagner. Raised on the family farm in Alden, Sister Joan attended St. Joseph University […]
You may have recently heard news that a fully loaded container ship plowed into a U.S. bridge in the Baltimore harbor causing its collapse into the Patapsco River. But what made this bad news story a tragic story, was that six migrants who were working the night shift, filling potholes and performing other needed maintenance […]
WILLIAMSVILLE — Learning to read is the single most important activity in a child’s education. Studies show that children who read at home are better prepared to succeed in formal education. For the second, consecutive year, SS. Peter & Paul School is hosting a weeklong program to encourage childhood literacy. PARP (Pick A Reading Partner) […]
Back in 1889, Daniel Rudd organized the first national gathering of lay Catholics, specifically Black Catholics. He gathered 200 delegates to meet with President Grover Cleveland and hear Father Augustus Tolton preach. Rudd called for the first Black Catholic Congress because he wanted to look at areas of need in the African-American community and discuss […]