Relic of Saint Jude the Apostle coming to St. Joachim Church
The relic of Saint Jude Thaddeus is the arm of Saint Jude, removed from his tomb and placed in a wooden box carved in the shape of a...
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Angel protects Farmer of the Year
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo John Yakligian. It was Feb. 4, 1976, when the earthquake struck in Guatemala, killing...
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Remembering Nazi victims and fragile freedoms
International Holocaust Remembrance Day gives Jehovah’s Witnesses time to reflect on victims of Nazi persecution California resident...
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Jehovah’s Witness Convention convening in Madera
Madera Assembly Hall to host first large conventions of congregation since 2019 After a three-year pandemic pause, one of the largest...
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Madera’s ‘fire and brimstone preacher’
For The Madera Tribune Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood resolutely behind Rev. W.B. McElwee in his...
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Witnesses return to knocking on doors
Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume its trademark door-to-door ministry, beginning September 1; the two-and-a-half-year suspension of the...
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