WASHINGTON — The healing of a British World War I soldier at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France has been proclaimed as the 71st miracle attributed to the pilgrimage site. Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool, England declared the miraculous healing of John Traynor, a soldier of the British Royal Navy, on […]
Msgr. Dino Lorenzetti, eldest priest of the Buffalo Catholic Diocese, whose priesthood spanned 70 years at several parishes and who headed the Office of Family Life for 20 years, died July 12, 2023. He would have celebrated his 102nd birthday on July 23. He lived at O’Hara Residence for retired clergy in Tonawanda. Born in […]
A person of many talents and many interests, Sister Teresita Richardson passed away suddenly on Sept. 18, 2020, in the health care center at 201 Reist St. She was 84. Sister Teresita lived 43 years as a Franciscan Missionary Sister of the Divine Child and 16 years as a Sister of St. Francis of the […]
The Parish Community of Corpus Christi Church has embarked on an ambitious project that will honor the Blessed Mother and provide a permanent legacy for its parishioners. Father Michal Czyzewski, OSPPE, hopes to build a grotto behind the East Side church with statues that came from the Dominican Sisters monastery, formerly on Doat Street. “I […]
Father Donald L. Measer, known for his work in campus ministry, died March 9, 2020. He was 88 years old. Born Sept. 21, 1931, in Buffalo, he attended Blessed Trinity School and Bennett High School, both in Buffalo. He went on to attend the Diocesan Preparatory Seminary and then Our Lady of the Angels Seminary […]
