SWORMVILLE — The St. Thomas More Guild of Western New York, an association of Catholic lawyers, sponsored a luncheon on May 14, to announce this year’s essay contest winners. Gianna Charland from St. Mary School in Swormville received the grade school honor. The seventh grader is an altar server, Girl Scout, and prolific volunteer, who […]
KRAKOW, Poland — Jan. 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Each year, the camp survivors are fewer in number, and as their testimony and witness remain, the importance of Auschwitz endures. In 2024, more than 1.8 million visitors passed through its gates. What is it that brings people here? An obscene […]
As the Diocese of Buffalo continues with the Road to Renewal process, the following Families of Parishes have been realigned. Father Thomas M. Mahoney has been appointed the additional responsibility as pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bowmansville, effective Oct. 15. With this appointment, Father Mahoney is pastor of all the parishes of the newly aligned […]
While every saint is important in God’s kingdom, the relics of what some might consider big leaguers are on brief display for veneration at St. Gregory the Great Parish in Williamsville. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · October 3, 2024 – Williamsville parish welcomes relics of four prominent saints They are relics of St. […]
The students are about to embark on a field trip to a Holocaust Museum. Before they enter, Sister Justine shares the story of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest and prisoner at Auschwitz who volunteered to take the place of a fellow prisoner condemned to death. Listen here:
Louise Cymerman is a modern-day St. Catherine Labouré. Like the 19th-century French nun, Cymerman shares the Miraculous Medal with people from, literally, all over the world. A constant barrage of news stories about war, disease and shootings caused great concern for the Nativity of Our Lord parishioner. “Just watching the news and being aware of […]
Father James L. Fugle, former pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Corfu, died Oct. 23, 2021. He was 57. Born Jan. 28, 1964, in Varysburg, the son of Leo and Carol (Conrad) Fugle attend Sheldon Elementary and Attica Central School before graduating in 1982. He then took part in a home study program from […]
