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Religion

Catholic Charities appoints Ricketts to District Director of Chautauqua County

Catholic Charities of Buffalo has announced the appointment of Melanie Ricketts as district director of Chautauqua County. Ricketts succeeds Maria Perez-Cruz who retired earlier this year. Ricketts joined Catholic Charities in 2010 in the multisystemic therapy program, serving as a therapist ...

HOPE Day 2021 nets $317,228 for annual Appeal

HOPE Day, the annual 24-hour match challenge day of giving to benefit Appeal 2021, brought in $260,016. Matching funds of $57,212 added to this total increase HOPE Day’s grand total to $317,228, towards the annual Appeal’s $10 million goal in support of Catholic Charities and the Fund for ...

Church to hold chicken and biscuit dinner

FORESTVILLE — A chicken and biscuit dinner will be held at St. Rose of Lima in Forestville on Wednesday. The menu is biscuits with chicken gravy made by Jeff at the Colony, green salad, vegetable, cranberry sauce and dessert. The dinner will be available for pickup only at the St. Rose of ...

Church to hold craft and vendor show

SINCLAIRVILLE — Park United Methodist Church in Sinclairville will host a craft and vendor show Saturday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks will be required to attend.

Religion briefs

St. John the Baptist to resume in-church services Easter After an absence of in-church worship services, St. John the Baptist (Episcopal) Church will resume services on Easter Sunday, April 4. The Easter liturgy and the celebration of the Eucharist, including Holy Communion, will take ...

The victory over fear and death

We are moving quickly to the celebration of Holy Week and Easter. What a perfect time that we are celebrating this. Why? First, because last year we had to celebrate these events at home and separate from others. Secondly, our lives have been surrounded by fear. Jesus’ death and resurrection ...