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Saint John Kanty’s Summerfest 2012

Sunday, June 3

The day starts off with a Polka Mass at 10:30am and then is followed by a delicious chicken dinner (12-4pm), including beverage and homemade dessert; hot dogs and hamburgers also available. Chinese Auction, raffles, games and more.

This is great event and helps support this beautiful treasure of a church!!!

http://stjohnkantychurchbuffalo.wordpress.com

Saint Clare’s Theme Basket Blast

St. Clare’s Parish (193 Elk St near Smith St.) will be having a Theme Basket Bash on June 9 (Saturday) 4-7 PM and June 10 (Sunday) 9:30 AM-1:30 PM.  You do not need to be present to win!

Free Admission!

Coffee and baked goods after the Saturday 4 PM and Sunday 8:30 AM Mass, Roast Beef sandwiches available Sunday afternoon!

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Ascension Thursday Masses in Broadway-Fillmore, 05/17/2012

Corpus Christi Church – 11:30am & 6:30pm

Saint John Kanty Church – 6:00pm (Vigil Wednesday, 05/16) & 12:00pm

Saint Stanislaus Church – 7:45am & 7:pm

Support our neighborhood churches!!!

Hope Center Looking to Move, Community Meeting on Topic

The Matt Urban Hope Center is hosting a community meeting on May 16th at 5pm at the Matt Urban Hope Center (385 Paderewski, Buffalo) to discuss relocating the Hope Center to the closed Public School 57 (on Sears St).

The move would allow the Hope Center to expand their services to the community to include a vocational training element, a shelter for women and children, the Urban Diner and a health clinic.

Para-Horror Convention at the Central Terminal on May 26th

Hollywood horror is coming to Buffalo in the biggest Convention of it’s kind to be held in Western New York, and at one of Buffalo’s most haunted landmarks! Join us on Saturday, May 26th from noon to 7pm for a Convention of all things horror, paranormal, and beyond!

Scheduled to appear at the Convention is Tyler Mane (Michael Myers from Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Sabretooth from the blockbuster movie X-Men), Leah Gibson (Nettie from Twilight: Eclipse, and The Watchmen), James Winburn (Michael Myers stuntman from the original Halloween, David Hasselhoff stunt double in Knight Rider), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Films), Suzi Lorraine (Rated top 5 horror scream queen), Brian Cano (SyFy Channel’s Haunted Collector), Jane Riley (Ghost Hunters Academy), Rosalyn Bown (Ghost Hunters Academy), Karyn Reece (popular Psychic Medium), and many more. Over 20 guests in all will be appearing for a meet & greet!

Also making a special appearance is the cult icon Christine car from the movie Christine, and KITT from the popular TV series Knight Rider! This day long convention will also include a huge vendor floor on the main concourse that will have a wide variety of merchandise available from haunted artwork, to t-shirts, and more!

The vendor floor will also have some of the areas best paranormal groups sharing with you some of the best evidence captured in America’s most haunted locations! Read More →

HopeFest 2012

The Matt Urban Hope Center is a great organization that provides a wide variety of services for the neighborhood.

Please join them on 06/30/2012 @ 8pm for HOPEfest!!!

Tickets are $5.00 and are available at the door, or pre-sale, by calling call 893-7222 ext. 302.

+ music + food + cash bar + basket and 50/50 raffles + door prize

Visit the center on Facebook—> http://www.facebook.com/pages/HOPE-Center/247572050724

East Buffalo GNPA Meeting – 05/21

The next meeting of the East Buffalo GNPA is at Seneca Babcock Community Center, 1168 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY 14210, 5:30pm. (Click to view agenda for meeting—>)

Here is a link to their neighborhood plan…

East Buffalo Good Neighbors’ Planning Alliance (GNPA) Neighborhood Plan—> (pdf)

Mass and Litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary each Wednesday during the month of May @ Saint Stan’s

All parishioners and friends of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr Parish are invited to Mass and Litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary each Wednesday during the month of May, starting May 9th at 7:00pm in the Church.

Let us take time to spend in prayer presenting to the Lord Jesus our specific needs and intentions.

http://ststansbuffalo.com/

(Picture courtesy of Polish Easter Buffalo)

Corpus Christi Part Of Sacred Sites Open House

BUFFALO ALLIANCE FOR SACRED PLACES LAUNCHES TOURISM INITIATIVE

First Presbyterian, Blessed Trinity, Corpus Christi & Buffalo Religious Arts Center Join Statewide Open House

Buffalo, New York – The National Trust Conference, hosted in Buffalo this past October, put our city’s architectural treasury of civic, sacred and residential landmarks “front and center” for a national audience. In the aftermath of this high profile event, a new collaborative, titled the Buffalo Alliance for Sacred Places, has been formed “to promote the preservation and appreciation of the art, architecture and history of Buffalo’s houses of worship.” The member organizations, which began meeting in January, are First Presbyterian Church, Blessed Trinity Church, Corpus Christi Church and the Buffalo Religious Arts Center.

The group has chosen to participate in The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Open House Weekend on May 19-20 as their first collaborative initiative. These sacred sites join dozens of religious institutions throughout New York State in welcoming the public to special programming during this unique event, as follows:

Blessed Trinity Church – 317 Leroy Ave., Buffalo
Church Tours Link Preservation of Faith and Art
Saturday, May 19, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, from 12:00 noon – 2:00p.m.
http://www.blessedtrinitybuffalo.org/events.html

Members of the local arts community are particularly welcome, and invitations have been sent to neighboring art and photography studios.

Blessed Trinity is recognized as the purest replication of Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The extensive use of terra cotta in its construction (1923-1928) provided for one of its most unique features: an elaborate display of medieval iconography created by Rev. Thomas Plassman, then President of St. Bonaventure University. The church contains more than two thousand symbols which depict this “summa” or summary of Christian beliefs in ceramic tiles, paintings and sculpture, and docents will be available to help interpret them.

Buffalo Religious Arts Center – 157 East St., Buffalo
Open House
Saturday May 19 & Sunday May 20 – noon – 3:00p.m.
www.buffaloreligiousarts.org

The Buffalo Religious Arts Center is located in the former St. Francis Xavier Church, in the heart of historic Black Rock. This unique gallery is dedicated to the preservation of Buffalo’s rich religious heritage through the collection and display of art and artifacts from many of the area’s closed houses of worship. The artifacts on display include stained glass, statuary and paintings, all of which reveal the story of the many immigrants who settled in Buffalo. As an added attraction the Center’s Herman Schlicker organ, cited by Organ Historical Society, will be featured in concert the two days.

Corpus Christi Church – 199 Clark St., Buffalo
“Meet the Authors” reception & booksigning
Saturday, May 19 – 1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m.
www.corpuschristibuffalo.org

Sophie Knab – Polish Customs, Traditions & Folklore
Deacon Michael P. McKeating – O Timothy!
Gregory L. Witul – Adorned In Light: The Stained Glass of Corpus Christi Church, Buffalo, NY
Edward Zawadzki – The Poles in the New World

Corpus Christi Church is located on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and was honored in 2010 with a Preservation Buffalo Niagara Preservation Award. The iconic mural above the church altar, considered one of the most significant pieces of ecclesiastical artwork in the United States, was recently restored to its original splendor. This exquisite artwork is a rendering of a Vatican masterpiece by celebrated, Renaissance painter Raphael Santi. The mural was originally painted in the 1920’s by Marion Rzeznik and Gonippo Raggi, both of whom are considered premier, 20th century artists of ecclesiastical paintings. Read More →