Summer fun doesn’t mean you have to stop learning. Family of Parishes #7 held their annual Summer Program offering faith formation and religious education classes with a side of pizza and kickball. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · July 3, 2025 – Buffalo Diocese's Parish Family 7 wraps up 5-day youth summer program From […]
Although born just an hour away, Mary Jo Aiken took a long and winding road to come to Buffalo. The new principal coach for Catholic Schools has earned three master’s degrees, attended rocket launches, and even started her own school in Michigan. In this newly created role, Aiken will work primarily with the 10 new […]
Service and community came together as the young people of Family #7 held a five-day Faith Formation program. Through guest speakers and presentations, the youth learned of the needs of their neighbors, and built a camaraderie with each other. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · July 2, 2024 – Nearly 60 students gather for […]
Buffalo celebrated Deaf Awareness Week in September, with various events being held throughout the entire month. On Sept. 7, the Buffalo Bisons hosted a Deaf Awareness Day at Sahlen Field. Sean Maloney, recreation therapist at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, threw the first pitch. As a hard of hearing individual who is fluent in […]
Sister Patricia Marie Hartley, OSF, educator, hospital public relations manager and pastoral care assistant, died March 3, 2023. Born Carol Hartley on Dec. 18, 1936, Sister Patricia Marie was the third child on Zita and Carl Hartley. Carol spent her childhood in Tonawanda and attended St. Francis of Assis School graduating in 1950. She went […]
Sister Carleen Marie Stengel, OSF, a lifelong teacher and Franciscan Sister of the Neumann Communities embraced death in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. She was 83 years old and had been a Sister of St. Francis for almost 65 years. Born Anna Stengel June 30, 1938, in Buffalo, the youngest and only […]
While celebrating her 50-year jubilee as a sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, Sister Conchetta LoPriesti said, “People may be used to communicating through speaking. I do it with pictures in the air.” From her childhood days of translating Italian for her father to her current work in deaf ministry, Sister Conchetta continues […]
