Niagara University staff and students are joined by the team that helped make NU’s Kiernan Recreation Center. a reality. Pictured from left are: Dr. Debra Colley, executive vice president, Niagara University; Bill Goodrich, LeChase Construction; Daycia Clarke, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo; Mary Borgognoni, Sr. VP, Niagara University; Avante Walker, Niagara University student; Father James […]
Sister Helen Dirig (formerly Sister Bartholomew) died peacefully on July 13, 2021, at Immaculate Conception Convent in the 89th year of life and the 60th year of religious life. Helen Martha Dirig was born on Feb. 24, 1932, in Hancock, to Benjamin and Catherine (Peake) Dirig. On Aug. 22, 1959, she became a postulant with […]
Sister Mary Telesphore Wozniak died peacefully on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at St. Francis Park in the 95th year of life and the 77th year of religious life. Sister Telesphore was born on Nov. 13, 1925, in Buffalo, to Bernard and Clara (Pilarski) Wozniak. On Jan. 5, 1943, she became a postulant with the Franciscan […]
LANCASTER — Becky Hoag of Bowmansville has been named director of Faith Formation at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish. Her appointment was effective July 1. Hoag is also director of Faith Formation at Our Lady of Pompeii Parish, Lancaster. She has been middle school religion teacher, campus minister and coordinator of the STREAM (science, […]
(Buffalo, NY) – The Diocese of Buffalo has been notified of a pending action brought pursuant to the Child Victims Act by an individual who alleges that he was abused as a child in 1990 by then- Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Grosz. Bishop Grosz (76), who is retired and performs limited sacramental ministries, has voluntarily […]
Father Peter J. Cronin, who had served as the chaplain at St. Columban on the Lake for over 20 years, died July 10, 2021. He was 91. Born in Buffalo and raised near St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Father Cronin was ordained with the Columban Fathers in 1954. His ministry took him to Korea shortly after […]
Father James J. Maher, CM, president of Niagara University stands with James and Mary Glynn in front of the newly renamed Glynn Hall. The Glynns have been longtime supporters of Niagara University. Photo courtesy of Niagara University. NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Niagara University honored James V. Glynn, ’57, ’87 (Hon.), one of the most generous and prominent […]
Today, as I write, is the Fourth of July – Independence Day in the U.S. It’s a time when many Americans naturally feel a sense of pride. As the world’s oldest continuous democracy, the U.S. has served in many ways as a model for other democratic nations. Its Bill of Rights guarantees freedoms of religion, […]
Buffalo, NY) – The Diocese of Buffalo recently became aware of an action brought pursuant to the Child Victims Act by an individual who alleges that she was abused as a child in the early 1980s at parish of St. Matthew by Rev. Msgr. Leo McCarthy (88), a retired priest of the Diocese of Buffalo, […]
The dress worn by actor Judy Garland in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” is seen at The Catholic University of America in Washington July 7, 2021. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) WASHINGTON (CNS) — It turns out there really is no place like home for a prized piece of movie memorabilia that came to The […]
