Father Richard Zajac and Umpire Jim Kelly hold the Cy Williams Cup, presented to the winners of the Parochial Baseball Association. Parochial baseball is celebrating 100 years of catches and camaraderie. Parochial Baseball has been in Buffalo almost as long as the majors have been around. This year marks the 100th season of the league […]
Thanks to a generous donation to Notre Dame Academy’s Music and Arts program, students such as these can learn to play the rhythm in their hearts. (Photo courtesy of Notre Dame Academy) Just before school began, Jackie White, a parishioner at St. Martin of Tours Church, reached out to Laura Lawless from the South Buffalo […]
Sister Mary Josepha Timmins, a teacher, health care minister, and “foster mother,” died Jan. 23, 2021. Mary Josephine Timmins was born July 19, 1925, in Syracuse, to Edward and Esther (McFarland) Timmins. Mary Jo and her sister, Rita, were raised by their aunt Julia McFarland in Oneida, after the death of their mother. Their […]
