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The chess master and his students

Pictured is Walt Sedlmayer with some of the students in the chess club at Northern Chautauqua Catholic School. Tuesday was the final chess session for the school year.

Holy Trinity First Communion

The Sacrament of First Holy Communion was celebrated by 16 children and their families at Holy Trinity Church in Dunkirk on Sunday, May 12 during the 11 a.m. Mass with Fr. Daniel Walsh, pastor and Fr. Raymond Donohue, concelebrant. Pictured above from left are: First Row: Sophia Bautista, ...

Corporal and spiritual works with NCCS and St. Columban’s

SILVER CREEK — The Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy are actions that extend God’s compassion and mercy to those in need. A long-standing tradition at Northern Chautauqua Catholic School has been to visit residents at the former St. Vincent’s Nursing Home and St. Columban’s on the Lake Retirement Home. For 30 years students, faculty, and parent volunteers have shared their time and talents with those who are infirmed. Recently, students from Miss Candice Sullivan’s Fourth Grade class and Miss Mourer’s Fifth Grade spent the morning making several different style Crosses ...

Religion briefs

Church of the Living Spirit This week’s speaker is Lucinda Wilson. Church services are held every Sunday in the Assembly Hall on Cleveland Avenue in Lily Dale. Service time is 10:30 a.m. to noon and consists of a spiritual talk, a hands-on healing, a message demonstration, music, meditation and prayer. The public is invited to attend and there is no gate fee through June. Visit the website at www.livingspiritlilydale.org and/or the Facebook page or call 595-2697 for more information concerning church services. University Unity of Spirit guest speaker Sunday Universal ...

Event to examine prayer ban at Clymer graduation

JAMESTOWN — “Bullying Clymer to Gag Graduation Prayers” will be held Thursday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jamestown Prendergast Library. Recent pressure from an outside political interest group called the Freedom From Religion Foundation forced the Clymer school district to remove Baccalaureate from its property and eliminate prayers at graduation. Sponsored by the Sophie School Society, Pastor Mel McGinnis will examine the issues relevant to the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and assembly answering the question: Should the decision to pray be under the control of ...