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Kimball Farms Lifecare to Host Interfaith Forum on Sept. 27

LENOX — Kimball Farms Lifecare in Lenox will host an interfaith forum with local clergy on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. The theme will be forgiveness and reconciliation.

Participants will include Rich Hayes, a hospice chaplain and interfaith minister; Barbara Cohen, spiritual leader of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Ahavat Shalom in Great Barrington; Monsignor John Bonzagni of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield and priest at St. Ann’s Church in Lenox; Rev. Cricket Cooper of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Pittsfield; and Sharif Rosen, Muslim chaplain of Williams College.

Participants will share rituals, sacraments, and liturgy from their traditions and thoughts from their personal experiences that help facilitate forgiveness. There will be time for comments, questions, and discussion. Refreshments will be served. Those who wish to attend may RSVP by Friday, Sept. 23 to Kimball Farms at (413) 637-7000.

Established in 1989, Kimball Farms provides a continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, short-term rehabilitation, and long-term skilled nursing care.