Catholic Schools Week, that annual celebration of Catholic education, is bringing healthy competition and some fun to Batavia St. Joseph Regional School has a week filled with fun events including lunch and Bingo with parents. Tuesday saw a Pajama and Movie Day. On Wednesday the school will be divided into houses from kindergarten through sixth […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher thanked parents and teachers who help children in Catholic schools for the sacrifice they make. The bishop offered his gratitude during the kickoff Mass for Catholic Schools Week held Jan. 28 at St. Benedict Parish in Eggertsville. The children’s choir performed and students from St. Benedict School served as lectors for […]
Over 50 Catholic elementary school students from eight Diocese of Buffalo Catholic schools gathered on Saturday, Feb. 4, to conclude Catholic Schools Week with the first Diocesan Chess Championship. After an opening round to sort, the bracket of 16 played five rounds to crown a champion. Seventh grader Sebastian Schmitt of St. Christopher emerged as […]
Who are the heroes in your lives? The students of Catholic Academy of Niagara Falls thought about this during Catholic Schools Week. Often Superman or an athlete that comes to mind. Will we ever meet one of those heroes? Maybe, but as we all know, heroes are everywhere. Heroes work in our communities and our […]
ATHOL SPRINGS — St. Francis High School celebrated Catholic Schools Week by allowing various dress down days including jersey day and tropical day. After we celebrated Mass, Terrance Pendergrass, a junior, received the Vito and Lucy Vacco Memorial Scholarship Award. Father James Vacco, OFM, a 1972 graduate of St. Francis, presented the scholarship award in […]
LAKE VIEW — Southowns Catholic School had a very busy Catholic Schools Week full of fun activities and themed dress-down days. The students kicked it all off with Mass followed by their annual Open House on Sunday, Jan. 29. The school raised over $500 for Operation Good Neighbor by selling tickets for a chance to […]
ORCHARD PARK — On Wednesday, the smell of popcorn filled the hallways at Nativity of Our Lord School. During lunch periods the members of the Student Council passed out popcorn to the students and teachers.
As Catholic Schools Week began, Bishop Michael W. Fisher visited Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Orchard Park to thank the students and parents for choosing Catholic education. The Jan. 29 Mass saw students from the elementary school taking on the roles of greeters, gift bearers, and readers. Begun in 1974, National Catholic Schools Week […]
An annual celebration of Catholic schools throughout the Diocese of Buffalo returns in the final days of January and first days of February. Catholic Schools Week activities will be held within schools Jan. 30 through Feb. 3. The week will kick off with a special recognition during 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, Jan. 29 at Nativity […]
TONAWANDA — Bishop Michael W. Fisher visited Cardinal O’Hara High School in the Town of Tonawanda on March 18 to celebrate a liturgy for the entire school in the school’s Performing Art Center. After the Mass, the bishop, Timothy Uhl, Ph.D., secretary of education, and Father Sean Paul Fleming, director of the Office of Worship, […]
