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PORT ALLEGANY (EC) — Church Women United of Port Allegany have honored Marg Healy with the Valiant Woman Award, which is given to a woman who has serv...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Archbishop Walsh Academy and the Walsh Sports Boosters Club will host their annual St. Patrick’s Day Party and giveaway from 7 to 11 p.m...

OLEAN, N.Y. —A day after Ash Wednesday, Olean police arrested a local man whom investigators allege broke into St. John’s Roman Catholic Church last m...

Glenn Church of Smethport has been selected to join fellow World War II veterans on the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight on May 6 to Washington, D. C., wh...

ELDRED — St. Raphael Church Altar Rosary members will host a Soup’s On fundraiser from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Coleman Center in Eldred. A v...

When Kyla Brady’s mother, Kristin, worked at the YWCA Bradford homeless shelter, she would often hear her mother speak of little children who had very...

Bradford area Catholics will be seeing a new face in town. The Rev. Stanley Swacha has joined the staff at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church and St. Fra...

SMETHPORT — The United Methodist Church of Smethport has announced that the United Methodist Women's group will once again sponsor a Lenten devotion a...

The Church of the Ascension will offer its traditional pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m. on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 28. The meal will be served in the chur...

The Church of the Ascension will be observing Ash Wednesday on March 1 with several happenings. For the fifth year, the church will offer Ashes to Go ...

The Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has accepted the request of Msgr. Robert J. Smith, JCL, for retirement from the Office of Vicar Gen...

Valentine’s Day brings images of romantic love. But all around us are people who dedicate their efforts each day to the well-being of their neighbors,...

KANE — Saturday's Mass at St. Callistus Roman Catholic Church in Kane led by the Rev. Philip Pinczewski was the site of celebration and faith as membe...

Stephen K. Bannon disrupted American politics and helped elect Donald Trump as president. Will he disrupt the Roman Catholic Church by joining forces ...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — For more than 15 years, the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany have prayed for peace at Lincoln Park in Olean, in front of St. Elizabeth ...

We have come to a challenging moment in the history of our nation. The debate over immigration has raged since President Donald Trump ordered the cons...

The First Presbyterian Church held its annual Souper Bowl of Caring program on Sunday —Super Bowl Sunday. During the event, the youth of the church co...

The Tower First United Methodist Church at 23 Chambers St. is hosting Western Pennsylvania United Methodist Conference Bishop Cynthia M. Moore-Koikoi ...

KANE — The Kane Christian community will observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a gathering of Kane Area Ministerial churches at 3 p.m. S...

GROVE CITY — Jaclyn Merritt, daughter of Charles Merritt and Angela Merritt of Sharpsville, and Nathan Rice, son of James and Deborah Rice of Bradford...