Religions & Spirituality
By TAPINTO GREATER OLEAN STAFF
March 19, 2020OLEAN, NY – The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels announced on its Facebook page Wednesday that it will be livestreaming Masses after the Diocese of Buffalo closed Masses to the public as a response to the coronavirus.
The Masses at the Basilica will be livestreamed through Facebook and the Basilica’s website Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m.
The Basilica will be ...
BUFFALO, NY – Due to the Coronavirus threat, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger has temporarily excused Catholics from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days.
“We all must be vigilant in doing all that is possible to participate in efforts to minimize and prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, especially among older adults and those most vulnerable,” the Diocese ...
OLEAN, NY — St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church has canceled all church and community events due to Coronavirus concerns.
The church announced the cancellations in a post on its Facebook page Friday morning. The post said an announcement will be made when events are resumed.
For more information on the Coronavirus in the Greater Olean area, visit TAPinto Greater Olean's ...
ALLEGANY, NY – Lauren Schifley of Allegany was one of 10 Canisius College students who completed a weeklong service immersion in Erie, Pennsylvania, during the college's Winter Service Week in early January. Schifley is a 2023 integrated marketing and communication major.
The students stayed at the monastery of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie and experienced the sisters' ...
On the day the Most Rev. Richard J. Malone resigned as Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, Rep. Tom Reed said that it is time to focus on the future.
“The bottom line is that this has a been a very dark time, not only in Buffalo, but across the Catholic religion,” Reed said during his Wednesday media call. “I’m a proud Catholic, and, as a proud Catholic, I am ...
BUFFALO, NY --- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo marked a desire to move forward Wednesday with the introduction of the Most Rev. Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop of Albany, as its apostolic administrator following the resignation of the Most Rev. Richard J. Malone as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo earlier that morning.
"My family just got a whole lot bigger," ...
ROME — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Richard J. Malone as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, the Holy See Press Office announced early Wednesday morning. Malone has been under fire for nearly two years following reports of a lack of oversight by the diocese regarding clerical abuse.
On its website shortly after 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, the ...
A report by an independent news source indicates that Richard J. Malone, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, will resign on Wednesday.
According to a report by Rocco Palmo, an independent journalist who covers the Catholic Church, following Malone’s resignation, Pope Francis will name Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop of Albany, as apostolic administrator of Buffalo until ...
A report by an independent news source indicates that Richard J. Malone, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, will resign on Wednesday.
According to a Whispers in the Loggia blog report by Rocco Palmo, an independent journalist who covers the Catholic Church, Pope Francis will name Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop of Albany, as apostolic administrator of Buffalo until a ...
OLEAN, NY — This year’s local ceremony of the “Worldwide Candle Lighting,” in memory of all children who have left too soon, will be returning to its original location in Lincoln Park (corner of East State and South Union streets) on Dec. 8 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting, this event held in communities around the globe is ...
