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« Previous EntriesSaint Luke’s Mission of Mercy gets a bit corny
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008The Great Annual Corn Roast is the oldest continuously held fundraiser for St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy. The first one was held in 1998 making this the 11th Great Corn Roast. Each year the event gets bigger and better and we look forward to 2008 being the best ever!
Most everything at the Great Corn Roast […]
Finding Zawadzki Part One
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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Finding Zawadzki…
I have become fascinated with the Broadway-Fillmore work of architect Wladyslaw H. Zawadzki. His designs represent some of the most beautiful and significant buildings in the neighborhood.
After looking into more of what he had done, I decided to start photographing his buildings and put together a series […]
Latest on the effort to save Saint Adalbert’s
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008The Save Saint Adalbert’s group has a few updates on their efforts and they will be having a number of fundraisers coming up.
From a letter dated 07/11/08…
Dear Parish Family and Friends,
You will recall that on April 2, 2008 Bishop Kmiec issued a decree that St. Adalbert Parish would be merged into St. John Kanty effective […]
Feed Your Soul!
Thursday, July 10th, 2008BFA friends Sandy Starks of Savor the Flavor & Christmas Food Fair at the Broadway Market fame and Christa Glennie Seychew of Buffalo Rising fame have started a new project together…though it doesn’t center around B-F, it is always nice to give a little plug to our friends!
Check it out…
http://www.feedyoursoulbuffalo.com
St. Luke’s Gospa House Gala - 10/24/2008
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Please help raise funds for the new St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy Gospa* House Project. Run by missionaries from St. Luke’s, it will be a new home for single moms and their children. (* Gospa is a title given to Mary in Croatian)
Any contribution is needed to make the evening a success. A donation for Sponsorship, Silent, […]
Mary Kunz Goldman’s Blog
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Mary Kunz Goldman, B-F friend and Buffalo News writer, has her own blog now. She has written a number of wonderful articles in the News about B-F over the years.
If you are a fan of Mary’s work in the News, check out her blog.
Mary is currently working on the authorized biography of Buffalo born pianist […]
Fr. Zbigniew of Corpus Christi leaving for Poland
Monday, June 30th, 2008On Saturday July 12, 2008 at the 5:30 p.m. Mass, Corpus Christi Church will show special appreciation to Fr. Zbigniew Frankowski, who is going to a new assignment July 20 in Wroclaw, Poland.
There will be a dinner following the Mass, to which all are cordially invited.
Please join Corpus Christi on the 12th for the celebration!
http://corpuschristibuffalo.org
Polish Union Building on Fillmore in need of some TLC…
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008The “Livery Building” on Buffalo’s West Side has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately. Everytime I see stories like that, I think of the buildings in B-F…think about what is being lost and at what cost. Are a lot of these truly beautiful architectural gems in B-F doomed without anyone really taking notice.
These type of fears […]
Monument to Lt. Col. Urban dedicated
Monday, June 23rd, 2008(Glenn Gramigna - Am-Pol Eagle) “I’m really touched,” said Jennie Urban, the wife of Lt. Col. Matt Urban, the most highly decorated combat soldier in U.S. history, during ceremonies to dedicate a monument to the Buffalo native outside of the Rath Building in downtown Buffalo on June 14.
State senators and assemblymen, veterans, and ordinary citizens […]