The diocesan Department of Catholic Schools held a Catholic School Leadership Institute titled “Shifting the Way We Think: 21st Century Catholic School Improvement,” in June, led by nationally renowned speakers Lorraine A. Ozar, Ph.D., and Michael J. Boyle, Ph.D., from the Center for Catholic School Effectiveness at Loyola University Chicago.

A new initiative from the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry hopes to encourage college-bound students to get involved in their local campus ministry as they enter their freshman year.

Science and weather became favorite topics at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School in Orchard Park and the students recently proved that to the public

Children as well as adults are bombarded with different types of the written word necessary for their lives in the 21st century.  Students write daily in classrooms and for homework.  They write for every major subject area, including science, math, history, language arts, spelling and social studies. They write homework assignments in planners, essays and their name on top of their papers a thousand times in a school year.  The repetition of this kind of writing is good for practice and good for learning.  However, one aspect of writing which also needs to be nurtured is the love of writing for pure creative purposes.

Trocaire College announced a partnership with Lancaster High School that will allow students from the school’s Academy of Hospitality & Tourism to attend the Russell J. Salvatore School of Hospitality and Business where they earn as much as a full semester of college credit.

The Knights of Columbus are hoping to increase awareness and interest in Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora by conducting a summer afternoon tour of the facilities on June 27.

The Office of Communications not only tells the story of the Diocese of Buffalo, it also prepares the next generation of storytellers. For the past decade the office has awarded the Msgr. David M. Lee Scholarship to aspiring journalists and newscasters.

It’s a hot 90-degree day in downtown Buffalo as Father Richard “Duke” Zajac watches a bunch of kids play baseball in the Buffalo Bisons’ home park, Coca-Cola Field.

This June marks the end of an era for Buffalo’s Canisius College, as longtime President Father Vincent M. Cooke, SJ, retires from the post he assumed in 1993. The articulate Jesuit has not only seen a generational shift at Canisius, but has also improved and expanded the city campus far beyond most people’s imaginations.

Music is an extension of the soul, and many students in Western New York have gathered as a part of the Western New York Catholic Honor Band to express themselves through this creative outlet.

The Western New York Catholic School Honor Band is a band comprised of students from Catholic elementary schools across Western New York.  The students who are in the band have been chosen to participate in the band based on a certain level of achievement obtained playing their specific instruments.