Sister Mary DiLeone, OSF, the former Sister Vincent Marie, died Aug. 26, 2021, at Stella Niagara Health Center. She was 88. The daughter of the lateAndrew and the lateChristina (Porto) DiLeone was born Aug. 20, 1933, in North Tonawanda. A graduate ofNorth Tonawanda High School, class of 1952, Sister Mary went on to earn a […]
Last Wednesday I attended a prayer service at JFK park across from SS. Columba-Brigid on Hickory Street. It was exactly one week – to the hour – since there had been a shooting at that playground that injured four young people, one critically. (You can read about Fr. Jud Weiksnar’s experience and the prayer service […]
WNY Peacekeepers, Buffalo Police officers, area ministers and concerned citizens raise their hands in blessing of JFK Park, the site of a recent shooting that left four people wounded. Photo by Patrick J. Buechi A shooting in Buffalo’s East Side in mid-June hit home for Father William “Jud” Weiksnar, OFM, quite literally. The pastor of […]
