Out of the 12 vicariate Masses being held to mark the 175th anniversary of the Diocese of Buffalo, the Chautauqua site has to be the most unusual. Instead of a church, more than 100 people gathered at the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater on Sept. 25 to hear from Bishop Michael W. Fisher and the clergy from […]
Sister Mary Loretta Janiszewski died peacefully Feb. 3, 2021, at St. Francis Park, Hamburg, in the 93rd year of life and the 74th year of religious life. Sister Loretta was born on June 30, 1927, in Baltimore to Stephen and Frances (Kociemski) Janiszewski. On Aug. 15, 1945, she became a postulant and on July 15, […]
Sister Mary Presentia Stawicki died peacefully on Nov. 25, 2020, in the 89th year of life and the 71st year of religious life. Sophia Stawicki was born on May 16, 1931, in Medina to Felix and Hedwig (nee Ciosek) Stawicki. On Jan. 5, 1948, she entered the convent as a postulant and professed her final […]
