Cardinal O’Hara High School’s slogan, seen throughout the grounds, is “You Belong Here.” But there’s a second theme they’re also living by over the next few months: “Pardon Our Dust.” Several renovation projects are in progress on the Town of Tonawanda campus. Bishop Michael W. Fisher was welcomed to O’Hara Oct. 25 to get a […]
Sister Mary Elizabeth Balthasar, also known as Sister Margaret John, a sister of St. Francis for 79 years, died at the Franciscan Villa in Syracuse, on Oct. 20, 2023. She was 98 years old. She was born on Feb. 21, 1925, one of five children to John Balthasar and Margaret Eileen Dorsey and enjoyed growing […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — Meredith Pyke wasn’t blowing smoke. When asked last week after thumping Oswego if her Bonnies could give Cortland a better game this season in the league title game, it didn’t take her long to spit out confidently: “Absolutely.” Her conviction was warranted. In a back-and-forth game on a soggy grass pitch at […]
(Buffalo, NY) – The Diocese of Buffalo has filed an objection with the New York County State Supreme Court to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request by local news media for all documents related to past instances and allegations of abuse within the Diocese of Buffalo. The Diocese has done so primarily in the […]
WASHINGTON – In response to the escalating Israel-Hamas war, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, renews his call for peace. “The war in the Holy Land is playing out in real time before us with its mounting casualties, the growing humanitarian […]
(Part five of a five part series on the New York State Eucharistic Congress) Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, also known as the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, memorializes the sacrifice of three Jesuit missionaries killed by Mohawk Indians in the 17th century. It is also the birthplace of the first […]
Sister Therese Joyce, OSF, a teacher, principal and librarian, died Oct. 9, 2023, at the age of 104. Born Aug. 10, 1919, and baptized Katherine Rita Joyce, Sister Therese arrived at her grandmother’s home in County Galway in Ireland while others from the family were at church. She explained that her mother, Mary McDonnell Joyce, […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — Two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives will visit St. Bonaventure University Nov. 13 and 14 to meet with students and hold a public forum as part of the Congress to Campus program. Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri), who served the U.S. House from 2011 to 2022, and Larry LaRocco (D-Idaho), a […]
As the Buffalo Bills prepare to go up against Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Highmark Stadium tonight, the students at OLV Elementary School in Lackawanna took a moment to say, “Go Bills.” The game starts at 8:15 p.m.
(Part four of a five part series on the New York State Eucharistic Congress) Wife, mother and award-winning author Katie Prejean McGrady brought her life experiences to the New York State Eucharistic Congress the weekend of Oct. 20-22. Delivering a talk on “Fostering Eucharistic Love Within the Family,” the host of “The Katie McGrady Show” […]
