# @canisiushs on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-03-14T00:38:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Canisius High School (@canisiushs) — https://gondola.cc/canisiushs

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For the second straight year, one of Buffalo’s biggest annual events will have a CHS graduate leading the way.
 
Fr. Dave Richards ’90 is the grand marshal of Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, run by Buffalo’s United Irish American Association.
 
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience to lead the parade,” said Fr. Richards. “That’s why it’s so special for me – especially representing beautiful South Buffalo, the Irish heartbeat of Western New York.”
 
Thousands will be downtown for the parade, which starts at 2 p.m. Sunday at Niagara Square, running north on Delaware Avenue until North Street, just a mile south of CHS.
 
Liam Knott ‘03 was the 2024 grand marshal.
 
On Wednesday, Richards joined Mayor Christopher Scanlon for the raising of the Irish flag in Niagara Square.
 
Richards, who has been a priest for 15 years, is the parochial vicar of the Catholic Community of Buffalo-North and has been the chaplain of the UIAA since 2009.
 
Fr. Richards has selected as Deputy Marshals his mother Margaret Mary (Nash) Richards, brother John Richards and sisters Elizabeth Sheehan and Molly Kooshoian.
 
Sheehan, mother of Tommy Sheehan ’25, is a Co-Chair of this year’s GAMBIT 50, while Kooshoian, wife of Peter Kooshoian ’93 and mother of Peter Kooshoian ’24, was a Co-Chair of last year’s GAMBIT XLIX. 
 
Parade day begins with 10:30 a.m. Mass at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral – which will be celebrated by Fr. Richards and Bishop Michael Fisher – and prior to the lineup around the McKinley Monument in Niagara Square. 
 
Families and students interested in the unmatched excellence of a Jesuit education at Canisius and the benefits of being part of Western New York’s best alumni network can learn more by reserving a spot at our Spring Open House on Sunday, April 27 via canisiushigh.org/openhouse
 
This place is special. Let us show you why.
 
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