Religion Notes: News of area faith groups
Published: January 16, 2010, 12:30 am
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Interfaith meeting
The Network of Religious Communities will have its annual meeting at 6 p. m. Thursday in St. Stephen’s-Bethlehem United Church of Christ, 750 Wehrle Drive, Amherst. Arun K. Jain, professor of marketing at the University at Buffalo, will speak on “Getting Your Message Out to the Community.”
Reservations for dinner are required, for $25 per person. Call 882-4793.
Mass marks Roe date
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Church, 1413 Pine Ave., Niagara Falls, will be the site of a Mass at 4 p. m. next Saturday in observance of the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade U. S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo will be the main celebrant.
During the Mass, the diocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities will present the annual Pro-Vita Awards.
Aiding Haiti relief
A special collection will be taken in Catholic parishes today and Sunday to support relief efforts for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The collections will be directed to Catholic Relief Services, which is on the scene and has committed an initial $5 million to help survivors of the devastating quake.
Episcopal Relief & Development, the international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United States, also is accepting donations for relief efforts.
To donate to the Haiti Fund, visit www.er-d.org or call (800) 334-7626, Ext. 5129. Gifts can also be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, P. O. Box 7058, Merrifield, Va. 22116-7058. Write “Haiti Fund” in the memo line of all checks. In addition, the Amherstbased Center for Inquiry’s Skeptics and Humanist Aid and Relief Effort (S. H. A. R. E.) has raised $43,995 in less than 24 hours toward relief efforts.
The donations will be sent directly to the secular aid group Doctors Without Borders, which suffered the loss of all three of its medical facilities in Haiti and is working against difficulties to provide the basics of first-aid care.
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