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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared in the Times Herald's Outlook Edition on March 31.) ST. BONAVENTURE — Catholicism isn’t the only religion st...

OLEAN — Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School officials are crediting record-breaking attendance and raffles for making this year...

OLEAN — Local establishments are stocking up on Guinness, corned beef, bagpipes and green decorations for St. Patrick’s Day, which will give those loo...

OLEAN — Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School officials may describe their annual March fundraiser as a “big party,” but they als...

BELFAST — When it opened 125 years ago, St. Patrick’s Church was known as the finest church in its section of Allegany County. After detailed renovati...

Continuing its path leading attendees to mental, spiritual and physical health, the Olean Meditation Center will soon offer the next in a series of th...

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

St. Patrick’s Day, the biggest party day of the year for Irish Americans, falls during the somber religious season of Lent. Why then is this the seaso...

OLEAN — The message provided by Tuesday’s Interfaith Forum was that the act of compassion and love is shared by many religions and faiths throughout t...

OLEAN — Whether it is called prejudice, racism, implicit bias or white privilege, treating people differently because of race, religion or culture sti...

I am a worrier. I try not to be, but I am. Anxiety and panic can overtake me if I’m not careful, especially when seeing or hearing headline news of th...

ALLEGANY — For 15-plus years the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany have prayed for peace at Lincoln Park in Olean, in front of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse ...

OLEAN — The poetry of notable black writers will be read during a gathering Feb. 25 at the Olean Public Library in honor of Black History Month. The e...

Students and teachers, thank you so much for all you have done to help us in our mission of gifting Olean Food Pantry clients with homemade Christmas ...

OLEAN — A Civil Rights movie and discussions of other films that have impacted African-American society will be presented during Black History Month a...

OLEAN — Dr. Zahid Khairullah, a leader of the local Islamic community, is retiring to California to be closer with his family. But before his departur...

ALLEGANY — Catholic Charities officials said their 2017 appeal luncheons serve two different yet equally important purposes. In one sense, it’s a work...

A Wellsville student has been honored with an inaugural award honoring the kind spirit of a young Western New York woman who lost her life in a hot-ai...