Parish to hold

final Christmas Mass

Blessed Mary Angela Parish is sad to announce this year the Christmas Midnight Mass scheduled at St. Hedwig Church will be the final midnight Mass said there. Blessed Mary Angela Parish is scheduled to close in the spring of 2026 with St. Hedwig Church closing in June and St. Hyacinth scheduled to follow in February of 2026.

The Parish would like to invite all for the Final Midnight Mass, St. Hedwig is located on the corner of Doughty Street and Roberts Road and this is the first in a series of events to commemorate the church’s closing.

The doors will open at 11 p.m. with Christmas Caroling and the Mass will begin with a procession with the Baby Jesus being guided to the tomb by the Christmas Star. Blessed Mary Angela Parish would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Congregation

plans service Sunday

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC), located at 222 Temple St. in Fredonia, holds a Sunday Worship Service at 11 a.m., both at their physical location and on Zoom. For those wishing to join us virtually, please visit https://tinyurl.com/caluucnc.

Click on “Worship Service” on the date you are attending and scroll down for the Zoom link. For those attending the in-person service, please follow the driveway and park in the lower lot behind the building. Handicapped parking is located between the two buildings and directly behind the second building.

The theme for December is Presence. Join us on Sunday for a Fire Communion, led by members of the congregations. As we spend the last Sunday of the year together, saying farewell to 2024 and welcoming our hopes for 2025, we will have time for quiet contemplation, the lighting of candles, and a fire communion ritual.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua strives to be a vibrant, welcoming, multigenerational, diverse community enlivened by the power of radical love. For more information about us, visit our website at www.uucnc.org, like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/uucnc, or give us a call at 716-679-7944. We invite you to join us!