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ST. BONAVENTURE — Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, founder and animator of Mt. Irenaeus and one of the most beloved friars in the history of St. Bonaventure Univer...

The Olean General Hospital Auxiliary will host a memorial butterfly release at 3 p.m. Aug. 9 — the event is designed to honor the memory of loved ones...

OLEAN — Close to half of the Catholic churches in the area — including a landmark in North Olean — are on the recommended closure list, Diocese of Buf...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University celebrated the achievement of 22 people as they completed the Padua Program, ...

In 1995, many national newspapers carried the story of Mr. Twister, a clown and balloon twister. It seems that at that time, in Santa Cruz, Calif., it...

FRIENDSHIP — Area residents will have two opportunities in June to learn about the work of missionaries in different parts of the world during public ...

The Diocese of Buffalo announced Tuesday it could merge approximately 34% of the diocese’s 160 parishes following what the diocese called a comprehens...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Four scholars from the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University have joined in the publication of a new international volu...

OLEAN — Bethany Lutheran and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Churches will worship together at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Bethany Lutheran on Leo Moss Drive. The Re...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University is sponsoring two of its scholars to attend the International Congress on the...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University recognized 400 students who completed their undergraduate degree studies during the university’s 164 th C...

ST. BONAVENTURE — While Sunday’s commencement ceremony may have marked the end of students’ time at St. Bonaventure University, it also served as a re...

ST. BONAVENTURE — As the seniors at St. Bonaventure University prepare to conclude their collegiate journey, the distance that once separated them has...

From $1 rent and preparing for Mother’s Day to protests over the circus on a Sunday, from a busy night for school elections to Allegany’s own Emu War,...

BUFFALO — HOPE Day, the annual 24-hour match challenge day of giving to benefit Catholic Charities’ Appeal 2024, is Wednesday, May 15 across Western N...

FRIENDSHIP — The United Church of Friendship will host a gently used clothing giveaway from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May ...

ELDRED, Pa. — For 30 years, for free, Camp Penuel East has been quietly hosting kids at weeklong summer camps in McKean County. Children ages 7 to 11 ...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The vocal group North Country Voices will present “Rising Dawn,” a choral concert, at 7 p.m. May 17 at the First Baptist Church in ...