St. Amelia School principal Scott Kapperman and assistant principal Janet Larson look over a protective enclosure which was provided for each student on their desk for the 2020-2021 school year. Photo by Dan Cappellazzo Just over a year ago the world shut down. There was no St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Buffalo. Wall Street had […]
Pre-K 3 students act out the first Station of the Cross. All the students from Christ the King School in Snyder took part in the Stations for a special Lenten video. With the pandemic limiting school gatherings, Christ the King School in Snyder had to improvise its Stations of the Cross prayer service for 2021. […]
Last year, people had to rely on livestreaming to view Easter services . What will Easter Mass look like this year? Photo by Patrick McPartland WASHINGTON (CNS) — The coronavirus pandemic, as declared last March by the World Health Organization, was not even two weeks old when then-President Donald Trump famously said he wanted to […]
Villa Maria College announced today that it intends to resume face-to-face classes this August, in alignment with the start of its Fall 2021 semester. The College determined it has the necessary space available to safely deliver face-to-face classes on campus, something that College students overwhelmingly want. Villa Maria will follow federal, state, and local guidance […]
Talia Kalisiak, a 20-year-old North Tonawanda woman hospitalized with COVID-19 since November 11 finally made her way home on February 3 thanks to the Medical Rehabilitation team at Kenmore Mercy Hospital. While the elderly are particularly vulnerable to serious complications from the illness, younger adults like Kalisiak, are far from immune. She urges young people […]
Catholic Health will welcome visitors back to its hospitals starting Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Visiting hours will resume from 2 pm to 6 pm daily at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, and Sisters of Charity Hospital, Main St. Campus only. Visitation is not available at Sisters Hospital, St. Joseph Campus; the St. […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Each year on the night before the annual March for Life, at least 10,000 people have filled the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the National Prayer Vigil for Life. This year, due to local restrictions on attendance sizes because of […]
One of the many components that New York state declared must be included in the reopening plans of schools in the wake of Covid was addressing social-emotional well-being. Mount Mercy Academy has gone well above and beyond this mandate, including instituting a Mental Health Monday during each of the four school marking periods. Mental Health […]
“We recognize the challenges of this time in the Church today with many people having to worship from home through live stream Masses,” said Wade Wisler, Oregon Catholic Press publisher. Ordinarily a parish purchases its missals and they remain in the church to be used every week by many parishioners. “The difference with this program […]
People have been wondering if “Back to School” in 2020 means going back or even going to school. Due to COVID-19 the state of public and private schools has been in question since last March when a pandemic forced students to stay home and learn via digital platforms such as Zoom and Google Classroom. All […]
