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More Butter Lamb coverage!

Camellia Meats and the Cichoki family are what the Broadway Market is all about.  I was happy when they took over the butter lamb making business from Malczewski family when they retired earlier this year. It keeps the business in the market. And that is exactly where it always should be.

From WGRZ:

What would the traditional Easter fare at the Broadway Market be without the butter lambs?

They almost weren’t there this year.  That is, until a 21-year-old stepped in.

Channel 2 Photojournalist Dooley O’Rourke shows us how this young man is keep the sweet tradition alive.   Click on the video player to see his story.

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Just found out today that Marty Biniasz’s grandmother had passed away on Saturday.

Mary R. Lipinski was a lifelong B-F resident.  She also was a big inspiration in Marty’s life and the role he plays in helping the neighborhood.

Keep his grandmother and family in your prayers.

You can read her obituary by clicking here—>

Each year the parishioners of Saint John Kanty Church get together before lent and make pierogi to sell to the community and parish as a fundraiser for the church…last year they made 5000.  That’s a lot of pierogi.

I caught a little bit of the process yesterday.

Being a Kanty’s kid, it is always great going back to the church and yesterday was special.  Any time in you get in a kitchen with Polish ladies, you can’t help to feel like they are welcoming you like you are part of their big extended family.

One thing that kept coming back to me while I was at Kanty’s yesterday and later reflecting on the experience when piecing together the video was that these people and many like them are at the core of what keeps churches like Saint John Kanty alive.  You will never see their names in the paper or their faces on TV news bragging about what they do.   They go about their business working together to preserve this place they believe in.  It is when I meet people like I did at Kanty’s yesterday that is motivating and inspiring to me.

Do you want some of their pierogi?  You can find out how to purchase by visiting Saint John Kanty’s website—>

Today was the official release of “Adorned in Light: The Stained Glass of Corpus Christi Church” at Corpus Christi Church.  The event featured a book signing by author Greg Witul in the church’s Kolbe Center.

I’ve been through about half the book myself and it is a great read.  If you are like me, you sit in B-F’s churches and examine a lot of the artwork including the stained glass windows.  This book gives you the story on the windows at Corpus Christi Church and is a must read for anyone who appreciates the quality of work put into bringing them to life.  It also reaffirms what a treasure Corpus Christi is and what a valuable part of B-F it remains.

Here are some photos from the book signing.

You purchase the book by visiting Corpus Christi Church’s website—>

Alive!

Last night, I interviewed Greg Witul about his new book “Adorned in Light: The Stained Glass of Corpus Christi Church” via telephone.

The official book launch is Sunday at Corpus Christi Church after the 11:30am Mass. There will be a brief talk in the church about the book and a signing will take place afterward in the church’s Kolbe Center.

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Next Sunday is Second Sunday in Broadway-Fillmore.

On February 12th, we will be featuring the book launch of Adorned in Light: The Stained Glass of Corpus Christi Church as part of Second Sundays in Broadway-Fillmore.

From Corpus Christi’s website:

After the 11:30 Mass, Corpus Christi is holding a formal book launch for Adorned In Light: The Stained Glass of Courpus Christi Church, Buffalo, NY.

The author and photographer Gregory Witul will be giving a brief talk in church and then signing books in the Kolbe Center.

The cost of the book is $15.00 plus tax.

Please join us for this great event!

If you can’t make to the book launch, please consider coming to any of Broadway-Fillmore’s beautiful and historic churches next Sunday.

Find out more about Second Sundays by clicking here—>

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From organizer Andy Golebiowski on Facebook:

Polish 40 Days of Christmas continued on January 15 at the St. Stan’s Social Center in Buffalo. In this video, Fr. Czesław Krysa gets the crowd going with the Polish Christmas Carol-Kolęda “Dzisaj w Betlejem” (Today in Bethlehem).

Here is a WIVB story on the event.

Father Anzelm sent me this video he put together of footage he shot of while he was in Buffalo last week to celebrate the Mass where Corpus Christi Church’s Disputa was rededicated.

It is wonderful!