The Catholic Schools Week tour continued as Bishop Michael W. Fisher and members of the Catholic Schools department traveled to Dunkirk and Olean to talk to students and share the Good News. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · January 31, 2025 – Bishop Fisher hits the road for Thursday's Catholic Schools Week stops Bishop […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher continued his tour of diocesan educational institutions in honor of Catholic Schools Week. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, he headed north. First to St. Mark School in Buffalo, then on to Catholic Academy of Niagara Falls and St. Stephen School on Grand Island. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · January 29, […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher began a tour of diocesan elementary schools on Monday, Jan. 27, as part of Catholic Schools Week. The annual celebration of Catholic education is marked by Masses, assemblies and activities for students, families, parishioners and community members to showcase the value of Catholic schools. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher kicked off Catholic Schools Week by affirming his commitment to Catholic education in the Diocese of Buffalo. “As your bishop and shepherd, I voice my strong and passionate commitment and desire to make sure that Catholic education not only continues, but thrives in this diocese,” he said during Mass at Queen […]
In response to the second request from five Buffalo area Catholics, and an anonymous priest, for a visit from the Vatican regarding Bishop Michael W. Fisher, the Diocese of Buffalo offers the following statement on Bishop Fisher’s tenure in the Diocese of Buffalo. Refusal to acknowledge the changing landscape of the Catholic Church in Western […]
SWORMVILLE — St. Mary School families enjoyed their annual tradition of the Home School Association Catholic Schools Week Breakfast Sunday morning. This year St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Council 17530 generously hosted the breakfast, set up, and prepared all of the delicious food. Fluffy pancakes, fresh fruit, scrumptious pastries, scrambled eggs, and the knight’s famous […]
Each year, during Catholic Schools Week, school administrators and faculty put forth activities and celebrations that allow the children to take a break from the everyday classroom routine and have fun, and bond together as schoolmates and a community. But many activities also keep the focus on Catholic faith, the anchor of the courses and […]
Students at Nativity of Mary School in Clarence got to enjoy a bounce house obstacle course Feb. 1, an inflatable whack-a-mole game that included lights and beeping sound effects, and ring and ball toss games, all while volunteering family members of some students made bags of popcorn for the children to take back to their […]
Twenty-six Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Buffalo will participate in the diocese’s System Accreditation with Middle States Accreditation (MSA). Previous to this year, the Diocese of Buffalo was the only diocese in New York that didn’t require accreditation of its schools. More than 90 percent of Catholic schools nationwide achieve some type of […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher kept an important lunch date Monday, Jan. 29, meeting with students at St. John the Baptist School in Alden. And the children brought many tough questions for their guest to answer. “Who did you cheer for in the weekend football games?” “Do you like Coke or Pepsi?” “Which do you like […]
