On Sunday, September 10, Bishop Michael Fisher presided over the annual Blue Mass, which recognizes and prays for the safety of law enforcers, firefighters and other emergency responders.

Bishop Michael Fisher of the Diocese of Buffalo continued a tour of selected Catholic schools to mark the start of a new academic year. On Friday, September 8, he visited Catholic Academy of West Buffalo, considered the most culturally diverse student population among area Catholic schools.

In the second of two scheduled school visits Thursday, September 7, Bishop Michael Fisher presided over Mass before students at Notre Dame High School in Batavia, NY.

It was the first day of classes, and also the first school day for its new principal, who explained her decision and her commitment to continuing the school's tradition of academic excellence.

The new Catholic chaplain for the National Football League's Buffalo Bills, Father Michael LaMarca, recently sat with retired chaplain Monsignor Francis Weldgen to discuss their important role as a spiritual leader for pro football players, serving both the hometown heroes and their visiting rivals.

Their conversation was recorded in August 2023 at St. Christopher Church in the Town of Tonawanda, NY.

Bishop Michael Fisher of the Diocese of Buffalo continued a traditional visit to area schools at the start of the new academic year. WNY Catholic Audio was there as he visited St. Joseph University School in Buffalo.

A new school year is upon us, and Bishop Michael Fisher of the Diocese of Buffalo marked it by visiting one of the Catholic schools within the diocese. His appearance at St. John Vianney School in Orchard Park, NY was the first of several school visits planned over the next two weeks.

The Diocese of Buffalo hosted its third annual Renewal Mass, Sunday, August 27, 2023 at Our Lady of Victory National Shrine and Basilica in Lackawanna, NY. As participants untied a second symbolic knot from their ropes, the Vicar for Renewal for the diocese tied the lyrics of a song featured in a current hit movie to the theme of the diocesan Road to Renewal.

The Diocese of Buffalo's Office of Cultural Diversity hosted its Hispanic/Latino Family Day at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Lewiston, New York on Saturday, August 26, 2023.

An estimated 65 local young Catholic adults gathered in Buffalo on August 23, 2023 for Theology on Tap, a program that provides a relaxed setting where guests can learn about, discuss, and share their Catholic faith with like-minded peers.

The St. Gianna Molla Pregnancy Outreach Center, a pro-life ministry which assists mothers, their babies and young children, opened its seventh location Friday, August 18 in Perry, New York, in a region of the Diocese of Buffalo known for high levels of poverty and need.