Cantalician Center

Cantalician Center's mission is to provide person-centered compassionate services that promote independence and offer meaningful opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Cantalician Center for Learning is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1956 by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix (The Felician Sisters of North America) as a day school program for children with disabilities. It was officially incorporated in 1974. At that time, the school was supported by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Buffalo and a minimal tuition charge to the parents. Cantalician Center for Learning provided special education programs for children from 6 to 16 years of age, who displayed a wide range of developmental disabilities. The school opened with only twelve children, but rapidly expanded and now totals over 900*. Cantalician Center now also offers preschool services children in the community and children who have been diagnosed as having a disability.