On what was World Marriage Sunday, Bishop Michael Fisher celebrated Mass February 9, 2025, during which area couples marking wedding anniversaries ranging from 25 to 70 years renewed their vows.
Bishop Michael Fisher traveled nearly 130 miles Thursday, January 30, 2025 to visit two schools located in the more southern regions of the Diocese of Buffalo, as his Catholic Schools Week tour continued.
Bishop Michael Fisher stopped in an elementary school and then a girls' high school in South Buffalo to close out his week of visits to schools within the Diocese of Buffalo for Catholic Schools Week 2025.
On his second of four days of planned visits to celebrate Catholic Schools Week, Bishop Michael Fisher said hello to students at schools in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Grand Island. WNY Catholic Audio followed along.
The students of Holy Family School are returning from a field trip, but their bus is held up by protests outside an abortion clinic. Sister Justine delicately discusses the issue with the students, and shares the story of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a woman who willingly sacrificed her own life to save her baby. (NOTE: We encourage parents to listen to this episode with their children and have their own discussion about this topic. Due to the sensitive nature of this episode, listener discretion i...
Bishop Michael Fisher and an entourage from the Diocese of Buffalo's Education Department visited three schools within the diocese Monday, January 27, 2025 to kick off Catholic Schools Week.
The Diocese of Buffalo celebrated a special Pro-Life Mass Thursday, January 23, 2025 in St. Christopher Church in Tonawanda, NY, coinciding with the Mass and Prayer Service taking place in Washington, DC on the eve of the National March for Life. At the local Mass, a couple who experienced the pain of losing three children spoke of their decision not to abort one of them, even while knowing her severe disabilities would give her a very short life.
The start of a new day at Holy Family School is interrupted by a fire alarm. While the local fire department arrives to investigate the smell of smoke, Sister Justine helps the kids pass the time with the story of St. Florian, the patron saint of firefighters.
Father Kareem Smith of the Bronx delivered the homily to the congregation of St. Martin de Porres Church in Buffalo at the parish's annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mass, Sunday, January 19, 2025. His homily addressed King's legacy while also touching on current political undertones and the need to remain vigilant in the quest for social justice, equality, and equity. We fully encourage you to listen to this homily in its entirety.
Trailing 1-0 in their soccer game against rivals Crosstown Academy, the students of Holy Family School take exception to comments by an opponent who suggests her Catholic school counterparts are "soft." Sister Justine gives the halftime pep talk by sharing the story of St. Sebastian, whose persecution and martyrdom shows how courageous and tough many Christians are in order to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
While the students of Holy Family School travel to Auriesville, NY to visit the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Sister Justine helps pass time on the bus ride by sharing the story of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. (Notes: The pronunciation of "Iroquois" can be either "eer-oh-koy" or "eer-oh-kwah." The latter is a French pronunciation and, as it was French settlers who were interacting with St. Kateri's village during ...
Some of the best-known saints in the Catholic Church didn't start their lives as Catholics. The students at Holy Family School, including a non-Catholic classmate, learn this when Sister Justine shares the story of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Catholic Charities of Buffalo has set an $8.5 million goal for its 2025 Appeal, which was launched at their headquarters Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Among the speakers was Bishop Michael Fisher, who noted the theme of hope is similar to that of Jubilee 2025. (Apologies for the technical issues with the sound bites within this story.)
Led by Bishop Michael Fisher, the Diocese of Buffalo celebrated a special Mass on the evening of Sunday, December 29, 2024 to mark the start of both the Catholic Church's Year of Jubilee and the diocese's own Year of Healing.
The students of Holy Family School are invited to participate in a family lineage project. One of the classmates, who is adopted, worries she won't be able to contribute. Sister Justine shares the story of St. Martin de Porres, a saint of mixed races who endured rejection and prejudice while growing up, but who loved and was loved by his family of Catholic faith.
As the students of Holy Family School prepare to produce their first-ever video podcast, they learn about St. Clare of Assisi, and how a holy woman who didn't live in the era of television can be its patron saint.
While volunteering at their local St. Vincent de Paul Center, the students of Holy Family School encounter a rude drive-by stranger. Sister Justine tells them the story of St. Vincent de Paul, who while growing up could be a difficult person in his own right, until he learned and better appreciated the power of God's compassion.
When one of the students admits not going to Confession since his First Reconciliation, he worries about what trouble he might be in. Sister Justine shares the story of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska to remind the students that Jesus wants to heal those who seek His Divine Mercy. Created and produced by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
The internet is a powerful system. It's even better when it's used for good. The students of Holy Family School learn this as Sister Justine tells the tale of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who used his computer skills to celebrate Eucharistic miracles and apparitions by Our Blessed Mother, Mary. Created and produced by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
Yes, we know, it's been a while since we released new content on the Sound Hub. But we've not been idled. Instead, we've been very busy preparing new audio productions which are coming out here on the Diocese of Buffalo's Soundcloud channel this month! Michael Mroziak offers a preview of new shows and news coverage coming up in December.
Local Catholics who came to Western New York from numerous African nations joined Sunday, November 17 for the annual African Thanksgiving Mass and Bazaar, sponsored by the Diocese of Buffalo's Office of Cultural Diversity.
Prayers at the latest Healing Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Lewiston, New York, included those for the healing for all Catholics feeling angst amid the numerous parish mergers and closings happening as part of the Diocese of Buffalo's Road to Renewal.
For the second consecutive day, St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo was the site for a special Catholic school Mass, celebrated every year by the Diocese of Buffalo. This time, it was students from 12th Grade classes at area Catholic high schools who were welcomed.
The Diocese of Buffalo celebrated its annual 8th Grade Mass in St. Joseph Cathedral, Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Students learned about the history of the cathedral, while Bishop Michael Fisher spoke about the special love Jesus asks us to have, "Agape."
Finding the right point between enforcing the rule of law and showing one mercy. It's a generations-old dilemma that was discussed during the Diocese of Buffalo's annual Red Mass, held October 10, 2024 to pray over those working in the legal field.
St. Gregory the Great Church in Williamsville is playing host Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4 to first-class relics of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, and St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe. WNY Catholic Audio was welcomed to the church on the morning of Oct. 3, as students from St. Gregory the Great School were given the first opportunity to see and venerate the relics.
The Catholic Family of South Buffalo, one of the diocese's families of parishes within the Buffalo Vicariate, hosted a Blue Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church to pray over members of Buffalo Police and the Erie County Sheriff's Department, Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Bishop Michael Fisher visited another Catholic school within the Diocese of Buffalo to celebrate a new academic year. This time, on Thursday, September 12, he visited Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in Clarence, New York.
The Diocese of Buffalo's Office of Cultural Diversity held a special Multicultural Mass Sunday, September 8 at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Buffalo.
The Diocese of Buffalo announced Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 the final decisions on the merging and reshaping of parishes and parish families throughout the Diocese of Buffalo. This is the news conference, presented in its entirety. Following an opening prayer and remarks by Bishop Michael Fisher, the diocesan Vicar for Renewal Father Bryan Zielenieski explains the process and announces the decisions on parishes to remain open, merge, or close.
