Regional Life

Friends build schools in Jamaica
February 22, 2012: By Amy Kotlarz/Catholic Courier; Members of the local charity Eight 4 Third World Hope have just returned from a trip to Jamaica, where they celebrated the openings of their first two projects: a new school and a bathroom facility.
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Friends build schools in Jamaica
February 22, 2012: By Amy Kotlarz/Catholic Courier; Members of the local charity Eight 4 Third World Hope have just returned from a trip to Jamaica, where they celebrated the openings of their first two projects: a new school and a bathroom facility.
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Agency helps women makeover their lives

February 13, 2012

By Amy Kotlarz/Catholic Courier

The bevy of volunteers with the local nonprofit Angels of Mercy have dressed more than 20,000 girls around the world in simple handmade dresses.

And since June they also have been focusing attention on women in need in the Rochester area.

Fidelis Care gets approval to serve Chemung
February 9, 2012: Fidelis Care, the health-insurance plan provider founded by New York state’s Catholic bishops, recently received state approval to begin operating in Chemung County.
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Activist maintained deep pro-life commitment

February 6, 2012

By Mike Latona/Catholic Courier

Dr. Steve Spaulding's alliance with Sharon Pearte began before he'd even met her, while he was living some 3,000 miles away.

As Spaulding recalls, in the early 1990s Pearte had managed to discover he was a pro-life physician who was planning a move to the Southern Tier.

Teen ministry program planned
February 3, 2012: Justin Fatica of "Hard as Nails Ministry" will be a guest speaker for a program for youths in grades 6 to 12 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, following the 6 p.m. Life Teen Mass at St. Leo Church, 167 Lake Ave., Hilton.
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Charity plans St. Patrick's Day Gala
February 3, 2012: Catholic Family Center’s 20th-annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala will take place from 6:30 p.m. to midnight March 16 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. At the
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Outreach program will benefit groups in Elmira
February 3, 2012: A new outreach effort in Elmira will benefit two local organizations.
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Migrants honor Our Lady of Guadalupe

February 3, 2012

By Annette Jiménez/Catholic Courier

MARION -- Octavio Cortez celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe not once but twice with his fellow migrants.

A group of about 40 people awoke in the early morning hours of Dec. 11 to celebrate "Las Mañanitas" at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission at St. Gregory Church,

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