WNY Catholic News - Archive
The new issue of the Western New York Catholic, which is the first edition of the new year, is now available online and in parishes throughout the diocese. Among the featured stories in the January paper are Bishop Edward U. Kmiec's trip to the Vatican, what the Catholic Church teaches about the social issues surrounding Occupy Wall Street and the annual Celebrate Catholic Schools supplement.
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The Buffalo Diocese and hundreds of thousands of Catholics and others in solidarity will make a pilgrimage of public witness, penance and prayer for all those victimized by the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, and for the conversion of those who misguidedly perpetuate it.
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The December issue of the Western New York Catholic is now available online. The new edition includes stories about Bishop Kmiec's jubilee Mass, a feature on the former president of Hilbert College, a supplement on the retired religious throughout the diocese and a special pull-out section on Christmas.
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A special slide show of Bishop Edward U. Kmiec's anniversary Mass is now available online.
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The complete November 2011 edition of the Western New York Catholic, which includes stories about the new Roman Missal, a parish-school partnership that establishes a new educational philosophy and a fresh approach to youth ministry, is now available online.
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I offer my reflections about Bishop Edward U. Kmiec while in the position of serving as his “point man,” as he has dubbed me during the past seven years of his administration as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo.
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Sister Paschalia Nyeura, FSSB, and Sister Carissima Ogbu, DMMM, are different kinds of missionaries. They were born in Africa and have worked for their communities’ mission outreaches. They have both been in the Diocese of Buffalo several years to further their education but also to continue the mission work of their respective communities.
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The crowd of 1.5 million people gathered in a Spanish airfield to hear the pope celebrate Mass contrasts greatly with the daily catechesis sessions presented to the World Youth Day pilgrims. Nestled comfortably in St. Antonio Church in Madrid, 27 young travelers from the Diocese of Buffalo heard from the archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, OFM Cap., and two Australian bishops speaking on the theme “Planted and Built up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith,” taken from Colossians 2:7.
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While abortion is a major issue for Catholics, respect life committees at parishes throughout the diocese look to inform people on many important life issues. Respecting life means treasuring every day of life from conception to natural death.
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When I was growing up, my Grandma DeAngelis lived with us. I never really thought twice about it. As an only child, it meant always having a playmate around, only this one would teach me how to make pasta, and she’d braid my hair and she’d listen to me talk and sing. It wasn’t until she passed when I was 10 years old that I truly realized how lucky I was to have her there.
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