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    Olean ‘Unchurchy Church’ to meet in person Sunday
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    Olean ‘Unchurchy Church’ to meet in person Sunday
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Mar 29, 2025
    OLEAN — The Olean Unitarian Universalist Community will hold a hybrid session in-person and on Zoom at 11 a.m. Sunday at the African American Center f...
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    State & Union: Opening a time capsule at Transfiguration Church
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    State & Union: Opening a time capsule at Transfiguration Church
    Mar 26, 2025
    The cornerstone of the former Transfiguration Church on East Elm Street in North Olean, which was laid on June 23, 1902, was removed 23 years ago almo...
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    Fireside chat on Bonaventure, the Saint, planned for Sunday at Mt. Irenaeus
    Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
    Fireside chat on Bonaventure, the Saint, planned for Sunday at Mt. Irenaeus
    Mar 18, 2025
    WEST CLARKSVILLE — Come and experience St. Bonaventure — not the hamlet, nor the university, but the patron saint of Franciscan studies and learning —...
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    State & Union: The origin of St. Patrick’s Day
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    State & Union: The origin of St. Patrick’s Day
    Mar 16, 2025
    Today is St. Patrick's Day, and honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. The day honoring the patron saint of I...
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    Cuba First Baptist announces new pastor
    Allegany County News, Local News, News
    Cuba First Baptist announces new pastor
    Mar 14, 2025
    CUBA — Cuba First Baptist Church has announced the addition of a senior pastor. Rev. Luke Granger will be beginning his time in Cuba on March 16. Luke...
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    Franciscan Sisters celebrate Catholic Sisters Week: ‘My life is what it is today because of the Franciscan Sisters’
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    Franciscan Sisters celebrate Catholic Sisters Week: ‘My life is what it is today because of the Franciscan Sisters’
    ANNE HOLLIDAY Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 14, 2025
    ALLEGANY — The Franciscan Sisters of Allegany were reminded all week of the tremendous impact they have had on communities and individual community me...
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    Democracy’s principles and values are our civic lifeblood
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Democracy’s principles and values are our civic lifeblood
    JOHN M. CLELAND 
    Mar 14, 2025
    When the county is in turmoil and awash in frustration, suspicion and anger it may help to think about basic principles — to think about those ideas t...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: St. John’s continues appeal on parish status
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
    Readers’ Turn to Write: St. John’s continues appeal on parish status
    DAN HINZ 
    Mar 12, 2025
    This is a followup to an earlier article that was published in the Olean Times Herald on Feb. 21. Bishop Michael W. Fisher of the Diocese of Buffalo i...
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    Service organizations to get help during Catholic Sisters Week
    Local News, News
    Service organizations to get help during Catholic Sisters Week
    Mar 07, 2025
    ALLEGANY — Two of the organizations that received Ecumen Awards from the Greater Olean Area Council of Churches earlier this year are getting more rec...
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    Friendship churches to focus on week  of local to international missions
    Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
    Friendship churches to focus on week of local to international missions
    Mar 03, 2025
    FRIENDSHIP — Speakers with Friendship ties will be among several local to international missionaries who will be helping to build awareness about the ...
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    Salute to Olean: Schmidt lives the belief of serving others in her community
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    Salute to Olean: Schmidt lives the belief of serving others in her community
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Feb 25, 2025
    OLEAN — Anita Schmidt, among the Olean YMCA’s 39th annual Salute to Olean honorees, has lived and worked all across the eastern United States, but her...
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    Letter to the Editor: St. John Parish members not giving up
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
    Letter to the Editor: St. John Parish members not giving up
    Feb 19, 2025
    I am writing this to make our community aware that St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Olean remains a parish and is not currently design...
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    Friendship luncheon group to hear from Muslim outreach missionary
    Allegany County News, Local News
    Friendship luncheon group to hear from Muslim outreach missionary
    Feb 10, 2025
    FRIENDSHIP — A free noon-time monthly luncheon group will hear next week from a missionary who works with pastors and missionaries in primarily Muslim...
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    Prayer for Christian Unity: Striving for togetherness
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    Prayer for Christian Unity: Striving for togetherness
    ANNE HOLLIDAY Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 03, 2025
    ALLEGANY — The first Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago was a glorious assembly for the then-young Christian church — despite the trials, tribulations ...
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    St. Mary’s ends 160 years as a parish in Salamanca
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    St. Mary’s ends 160 years as a parish in Salamanca
    DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    Feb 01, 2025
    SALAMANCA — St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Wildwood Avenue will host its final worship service Sunday, Feb. 23 as its members end 160 years as a paris...
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    Olean community celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King
    Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Olean community celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King
    Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
    Jan 20, 2025
    OLEAN — Nearly 100 members of the Olean community gathered Sunday afternoon to remember and celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...
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    Scholars from SBU’s Franciscan Institute publish interdisciplinary volume on trust
    Cattaraugus County, Local News
    Scholars from SBU’s Franciscan Institute publish interdisciplinary volume on trust
    Jan 13, 2025
    ST. BONAVENTURE — Three scholars from the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University have joined in the publication of a new international vol...
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    ‘Imagine’ the decline of Carter-style Christianity
    Commentary, Nation World
    ‘Imagine’ the decline of Carter-style Christianity
    BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jan 13, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — WatchingJimmy Carter'sstate funeral at theEpiscopal Church'sNational CathedralinWashington, D.C., felt like viewing a portal to the...
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    Annual MLK event is Jan. 19 at First Presbyterian Church
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    Annual MLK event is Jan. 19 at First Presbyterian Church
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jan 11, 2025
    OLEAN — The speeches are expected to be inspiring, the performances delightful and the food delicious when the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ...
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    Does the Bible belong in public schools? It depends
    Commentary, Gallery, Local Columnists, ...
    Does the Bible belong in public schools? It depends
    CHRISTOPHER D. STANLEY, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Dec 26, 2024
    Christopher D. Stanley
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    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
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    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
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    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    Local News, News
    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
    OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
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    Cathy Briggs
    Obituaries
    Cathy Briggs
    June 14, 2025
    Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
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    William S. Clemens
    Obituaries
    William S. Clemens
    June 14, 2025
    William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
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    John R. Cornwall
    Obituaries
    John R. Cornwall
    June 14, 2025
    John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
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    Dennis L. Holliday
    Obituaries
    Dennis L. Holliday
    June 14, 2025
    Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
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