St. Anthony calendar raffle winner named

WELLS — Charla Krenek of Wells is the most recent winner of the St. Anthony of Padua calendar raffle winner. Charla won the $100 weekly prize.

St. Joseph & St. Patrick breakfast Sunday

ESCANABA — St. Joseph & St. Patrick Parish, 709 1st Avenue South in Escanaba, will be hosting its monthly breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 23 starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. Breakfast will be served in the parish hall, located in the basement of the church.

There is an elevator located on the 7th Street side entrance to the church for ease of access to the parish hall. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Unitarian Universalist fellowship recognized

ESCANABA — The Bay de Noc Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship, of Escanaba, has again been recognized as a “Good Trouble Congregation” for its efforts to encourage citizens to exercise their right to vote in the 2024 elections.

The Bay de Noc UU Fellowship was one of 53 UU congregations in the nation to receive this honor. Other Michigan UU congregations that also received the designation were the congregations of Farmington Hills, Grand Rapids, Mt. Pleasant and Traverse City.

The name of the award comes from a statement by the late congressman, John Lewis, who challenged all of America to work collectively to get in the way of injustice and get into “good trouble” to build a truly multiracial democracy.

To qualify for the designation, UU congregations had to meet the following goals: engage people in voter education, voter registration, and get-out-the-vote drives; as well as work at the polls.

The Bay de Noc UU congregation’s efforts were non-partisan and not related to any specific candidate.