Temple names rabbi

Rabbi Perry Netter, assistant rabbi of Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, has been hired as the new permanent rabbi of Temple Beth Tzedek, 621 Getzville Road, Amherst.

By unanimous vote of more than 165 congregants in attendance at a special congregational meeting this week, the temple approved a three-year contract for Netter, who will start work at the synagogue Aug. 1.

His formal installation will take place in the fall on a date to be determined.

Netter is the first full-time permanent rabbi of the congregation, which was created in August 2008 from the merger of Temple Shaarey Zedek and Temple Beth El.

He succeeds Rabbi Steven Conn, who served for one year as an interim rabbi following the merger. Conn was not eligible for consideration for the permanent job under Rabbinical Assembly guidelines for interim rabbis.

Conn accepted a permanent post at a Long Island synagogue.

St. Ann triduum

St. Ann Church and Shrine at Broadway and Emslie Street will host its annual triduum of celebrations for the feast of the parish patron saint.

The triduum begins with 7 p. m. Mass on Friday with the Rev. Anzelm Chalupka as celebrant. The Rev. Ronald Sajdak will celebrate a 7 p. m. Mass with Anointing of the Sick next Saturday.

The Triduum concludes July 26, with a 10 a. m. Mass with the Rev. Francis X. Mazur, as well as veneration of the relic of St. Ann. The church’s historic bells will peal 10 minutes prior to Mass.

Rwandan to lead service

Bishop Norman Kyaumba, former bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kigeme, Rwanda, and a member of the newly formed Anglican Church in North America, will preside over a service at 8:30 a. m. July 26 in St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 591 Porterville Road, East Aurora.

Kyaumba is serving as a missionary to African refuges and is actively organizing a missionary endeavor on the Lower West Side of Buffalo.

The Rev. Peter Geromel will deliver the sermon. Call 783-0607 for details.

Osborne to perform

Ken Osborne, a traveling Christian musician, will perform during the 9:30 a. m. worship on July 26 in Covenant United Methodist Church, 539 Main St., West Seneca.

Immaculate plans Mass

Immaculate Conception Church on Route 62 in Eden will celebrate a St. Anne’s Day service at 4 p. m. July 26.

The devotion service, featuring Mass, anointing of the sick, a candlelight procession, singing and veneration of a holy relic, will be conducted in the same manner as the devotions at St. Anne DeBeaupre in Ontario.