Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Podcasts

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 th...

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...

Approximately 20 Respect Life coordinators from throughout the Diocese of Buffalo, including five new ones, were commissioned at an annual Mass held inside St. Joseph Cathedral Saturday, September 7, 2024. These coordinators will go back to their parishes and parish families to manage ministries that seek to preserve the dignity of human life in all its stages.

Bishop Michael Fisher of the Diocese of Buffalo appeared at more local Catholic schools Thursday, September 5, to help kick off a new academic year. WNY Catholic Audio was at Queen of Heaven School in West Seneca, NY, as the bishop blessed the students' backpacks.

Students at DeSales Catholic School in Lockport, NY welcomed a special guest, Buffalo Bishop MIchael Fisher, on their first day of the new school year. The bishop blessed the school's recently completed new playground, and he also met face-to-face with a student bravely battling cancer.

While the children were getting in their last days of summer vacation, principals of Catholic Schools within the Diocese of Buffalo were already preparing for the new year. So, too, were officials within the diocesan education department.

The Diocese of Buffalo held its fourth Renewal Mass, Sunday, August 25, at St. Stanislaus Church in Buffalo. Each year since the first Renewal Mass in 2021, praying the Rosary precedes the Mass, after which a knot is untied from a rope symbolizing the struggles of the modern church: abuse, indifference, mistrust, lack of faith, and isolation.

As parishes throughout the Diocese of Buffalo prepare to host the 11-week evangelical program Alpha beginning September 17, many local Catholics who have already experienced the program say we can all learn something from it. They also dismiss critics' claims that Alpha, created in England, is not suitable for Catholics.

The Diocese of Buffalo will host a training session Saturday, August 10 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) for individuals interested in leading Alpha courses at their local parishes this fall. Alpha is a program originating from England which invites participants to eat, watch video, and then engage in candid discussions about their faith, and the many questions they may have about it.

The 10th National Eucharistic Congress came to a conclusion Sunday, July 21. But as pilgrims including a delegation from the Diocese of Buffalo departed from Indianapolis, they were sent with marching orders to share the message of the Eucharist back home. WNY Catholic Audio spoke to some of the delegates as they traveled home Sunday.

The 10th National Eucharistic Congress has come to an end, and the 31 pilgrims aboard the Diocese of Buffalo's chartered bus are heading home, exhilarated but perhaps exhausted. WNY Catholic Audio's Michael Mroziak offers a quick message here, as we plan to offer post-Congress coverage beginning Tuesday, July 23.

Celebrating the Eucharist with an Eastern Rite Qurbana, and a huge Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Indianapolis. Here's how WNY Catholic Audio spent its Saturday at the National Eucharistic Congress.

Friday, July 19 brought another day of adoration, prayer, and spiritual re-energizing at the National Eucharistic Congress. The approximately 30 pilgrims who traveled with the Diocese of Buffalo shared a dinner, and some shared their thoughts with WNY Catholic Audio about how this experience is going so far.

Thursday, July 18 was Day Two of the National Eucharistic Congress but the first full day of worship, presentations, and faith-based activities. WNY Catholic Audio is in Indianapolis for the Congress and has this report.

The Buffalo delegation to the National Eucharistic Congress leaves for Indianapolis and arrives for the opening night. Here's a recap of Day One.