The powerful temptation to build earthly kingdoms has been a painful thorn lodged deep within the human psyche from ancient times to the present day. Kingdoms from Babylon to Persia, from Greece to Rome, from Ottoman Turkey to Great Britain, have come and gone. And the days of the modern kingdoms of the U.S., Russia […]
Zachary Moran meets Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Notre Dame Academy Christmas extravaganza on Dec. 17. (Photos by Patrick J. Buechi) Christmas came a few days early to South Buffalo when Notre Dame Academy hosted a Magical Notre Dame Christmas. The Covid conscience Dec. 19 event saw the school campus turned into a winter […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher visits with the Buffalo seminarians studying at St. Mary’s Seminary & College in Baltimore. (Photo by Gregory Tucker) St. Mary’s Seminary & University, the nation’s first Roman Catholic seminary in the United States, has been awarded a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the design and implementation of […]
Fourth-grade and eight-grade students at Notre Dame Academy in South Buffalo wrote Christmas prayers, thanking God for his blessings. Everyone at Notre Dame Academy wishes a Merry Christmas to family and friends of the school.
Catholic Charities announced the latest vocational training and workforce development offerings available in early 2022 at its East Delavan Academy, a short-term vocational training program which provides classroom, hands-on, and soft-skills training for students ages 18 and older. “Businesses and organizations across Western New York are hiring with construction, information technology and technology jobs all […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Niagara University has joined the efforts to assist Afghani women fleeing persecution under the Taliban regime by launching an initiative that will provide them sanctuary on the NU campus. This collaborative effort of the university’s Justice House program, its Department of Political Science, and the offices of International Relations and Academic Affairs […]
Students from St. Joseph Collegiate Institute in Kenmore unload boxes of food donated to St. Bonaventure’s Warming House. (Photo courtesy of St. Bonaventure University) ST. BONAVENTURE — They are the gifts who keep on giving. For the 40th year in a row, students from St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute delivered a truckload of non-perishable food items and […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher speaks of St. Luke, himself a physician, as he blesses the new helipad at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston. The faster a stroke victim gets to the hospital the better. Mount St. Mary Hospital’s new partnership with Mercy Flight speed up the response time for victims, improving chances for recovery. […]
Father David Tourville and parish volunteers display the collection brought in for their “Shower for Mary.” St. Dominic Parish in Westfield collected clothes and blankets for the mothers at St. Gianna Molla Pregnancy Outreach Center in Fredonia. (Photo courtesy of St. Dominic Parish) WESTFIELD — The parish of St. Dominic’s held its first “Shower for […]
The Diocese of Buffalo Catholic Schools have partnered with the Healey Education Foundation, a New Jersey-based nonprofit that provides strategies, training and coaching to Catholic school leaders and lay-empowered boards as they seek to take charge of their own futures. The Healey Education Foundation will partner with Catholic Academy of Niagara Falls; DeSales Catholic School, […]
