Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Podcasts

Catholic Charities of Buffalo, which serves eight counties in Western New York, held its annual HOPE Day on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. It's a day when volunteers call past donors for support, and when corporate dollars are offered up to match donors' pledges.

The Diocese of Buffalo named its new Superintendent of Catholic Schools Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Joleen Dimitroff, currently principal at Cardinal O'Hara High School, will bring more than 35 years of experience, expertise, leadership, and her own Catholic education into her new role, which begins in June.

Buffalo Bishop Michael Fisher celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass during the noon hour March 5, 2025 in St. Joseph Cathedral. This is the homily he delivered. (Audio comes from the St. Joseph Cathedral live stream)

More than 50 boys and girls from throughout the Diocese of Buffalo were honored Saturday, March 1 as the 2025 recipients of the Bishop's Altar Server Award. They were presented with their medals during a Mass celebrated in St. Joseph Cathedral. Bishop Michael Fisher was the principal celebrant, joined by approximately 20 other priests.

Father Bill Quinlivan, pastor of the churches making up the Catholic Family of South Buffalo, speaks on Ash Wednesday and its signifcance, its popularity, and why Lent should be just as much about "letting in" as about "giving up."

The daily noon-hour Mass celebrated in St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo was offered up for Pope Francis, who remained hospitalized in Gemelli Hospital in Rome Tuesday afternoon, February 25, 2025. This is the homily delivered by Bishop Michael Fisher, reflecting on the pope's health and also the Gospel passage (Mark 9:30-37) in which the apostles debate who among them is the greatest. Jesus Christ...

The Diocese of Buffalo joins the world in praying for the health of Pope Francis. On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the weekday noon-hour Mass was offered for the Holy Father, celebrated by Bishop Michael Fisher.

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...

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 se...

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...

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...

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...

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.