The diocesan African American Commission and the Office of Cultural Diversity will sponsor the annual Martin Luther King Memorial Mass & Scholarship Award on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 9:30 a.m., at St. Martin de Porres Parish in Buffalo. Bishop Michael W. Fisher will be on hand to celebrate this year’s Mass and help present the […]
On Monday, May 23, I attended “Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled,” the interfaith prayer service remembering and grieving for the 10 Black sisters and brothers who were slain by a young racist using an assault-style weapon. Then just a few days ago 19 children and two teachers were gunned down by a young man […]
Sometimes it’s hard to be heard when you are in fifth-grade. Sometimes a class assignment can just float right over your head. And then it happens. The stars shine bright, the planets align and what you’re being taught actually strikes a chord which encourages you to think about ways to change the world. That is […]
As I write, it is the U.S. holiday commemorating the great civil and human rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. On the evening of April 4, 1968, after preaching and being present in solidarity with poorly paid African American sanitation workers, King, while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, […]
Although his life ended tragically in 1968, the goals of Martin Luther King Jr. still motivate the many people of faith who wish for peace in the world. Rev. King’s mission was examined during a special Mass on Jan. 16, at Blessed Trinity Parish in Buffalo. Althea Porter, a member of the diocesan African American […]
The annual diocesan Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mass will be held Jan. 16, 2022, at 10 a.m. at Blessed Trinity Parish on 317 LeRoy Ave., in Buffalo. The main celebrant will be Bishop Michael W. Fisher, with Milwaukee pastor Father Fred Alexander, OCD, serving as guest homilist. The Martin Luther King and Lenhard Scholarship […]
Was it good that the United States and its allies fought a 20-year war against the Taliban in Afghanistan? Was all of the blood, sweat and tears worth it? How can any honest, moral, objective view conclude that all of the money wasted, goodwill lost, Americans and allies killed, and countless innocent poor Afghan children, […]
Father Moses Ikuelogbon (from left), Father Paul Williams, and Father Denning Achidi concelebrate a Revival Mass with Bishop Michael W. Fisher (center, without mask) at St. Martin de Porress Parish in Buffalo. (Photo by Richard Clark) The diocesan African American Catholic Commission continues to thrive, even during the pandemic, through virtual means of communication. The […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher will celebrate his first public Mass as bishop of Buffalo at the Martin Luther King Memorial Mass held 11:30 a.m. Jan. 17, at St. Anthony Parish in Lackawanna. Father Sean Paul Fleming, director of the diocesan Office of Worship and rector of St. Joseph Cathedral, will serve as master of ceremonies […]
Last year, I was knocked to the ground and pinned down by an assailant who held his hand over my mouth. I cried out, “I can’t breathe!” About 30 long seconds later he finally let me go. As I reflect on the heartbreaking deadly scene of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee into George […]
