So you have been wanting to jam!!!

Now is your op to do so!!!

Learn two methods of canning and how to make peach jam, even take some home!

The Broadway Market is offering this class is free on 09/02/2010 in conjunction with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, please call the Market office to reserve your spot 893-0705.

The Social Committee of the Parish Council is sponsoring a Half-Way to Dyngus Day Party, featuring Stephanie and Honky Band on Saturday, October 16th from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Msgr. Adamski Social Center. Mark your calendar!!!!

Admission $ 10.00 per person; cash bar; kitchen available.

Tickets are now available before and after weekend Masses, at the rectory office during normal business hours or by calling Theresa Gonciarz at 893-3627.

http://www.ststanislauschurch.com/

Thursday, August 26 is the Solemnity of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

Corpus Christi will offer two Masses at 11:30am and 6:30pm, and the evening celebration will include a Solemn Procession.

Saint Stan’s will offer 7:45am and 6:30pm Masses.

(2008 video from Blessing of the Herbs @ Corpus Christi)

Our Lady of the Herbs

(By Sophie Knab) In keeping with the ancient tradition of Poland, Corpus Christi Church, will hold a blessing of herbs and flowers on the Feast of the Assumption on Sunday, August 15 at all three masses: 8:15, 10:00(Polish Mass) and 11:30AM

In Poland, the Feast of the Assumption is also called Matka Boska Zielna – Blessed Mother of the Herbs, or Our Lady of the Herbs. The Blessed Mother is seen as the patron and keeper of the earth and all of its abundance.
On this special feast day, every village housewife brought a bouquet of herbs, flowers and grain that was collected from her own garden, the fields and orchards. She gathered dill, mint, rosemary, southernwood, parsley, hyssop, lovage, and comfrey – whatever she had growing in her garden. Many plants were named after the Blessed Mother. For instance, mullein, called dziewanna in Polish, was known as the braids of the Blessed Mother. And the wild herb St. John’s Wort was called the bells of the Blessed Mother. Since this time coincided with the time of the harvest, it was also the custom to take a few spikes of various grains including wheat, rye and oats.

After the blessing, the flowers and herbs were taken home and tucked behind holy pictures to protect the home against fire and lightening. Some farmers crumbled some of the blessed flowers into their seed bags in the belief that it would assure a good harvest. Some of the herbs were used in folk medicine to cure a cough or a cold.

This is a custom that was once prevalent throughout Polonia, brought to this country by our Polish ancestors. In recent years this beautiful custom has slowly gone by the wayside. Pastor Father Matthew Wydmanski at Corpus Christi invites everyone to bring their flowers and bouquets. The church is located at 199 Clark Street, Buffalo, New York 14212.

What an absolutely fantastic way to kickoff Saint Adalbert Basilica’s 125th Anniversary Year!!!

Jerry Darlak and The Touch are amazing…Saint Adalbert Basilica is amazing!!!

It is a very unique way to not only celebrate the BASILICA, but also celebrate Buffalo’s beautiful Polish American heritage.  Polka music is in a lot of ways is the folk music of our forefathers and mothers who helped build the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.  If you have never been to a Polka Mass, you are in for a treat!!!

Alive!!!

http://saintadalbertbasilica.org

This joyful celebration, which dates to the middle ages, is the Polish equivalent of America’s Thanksgiving holiday. In Poland, this event marks the end of the wheat harvest. At Corpus Christi, Dozynki is an opportunity to give thanks for all manner of blessings.

The heart of the Polish Harvest Festival is to bring people together in a spirit of gratitude and appreciation to God for all we have been given. The uniqueness of this celebration is expressed during the offertory procession during Sunday’s Dozynki Mass, to be held at 11:30a.m.,when a specially baked bread is presented along with a wreath made of grains.

Event Schedule:

Saturday August 21

• 11:30a.m. The festival opens with a Mass in the restored Chapel, next to the church.
• 12:30p.m. Music – Al Kania’s Polka Smile Eastern Style
• 4:30p.m. Buffalo’s Best Pierogi Contest
• 5:30p.m. Holy Mass
• 6:30p.m Music – Concertina All-Stars. Dancing under the Main Tent.

Sunday August 22

• 11:30a.m. Special Mass of Thanksgiving honoring Our Lady of Czestochowa, with music by Corpus Christi’s Music Director, Bruce Woody, and singing by Ludowa Nuta Polish Folk Choir
• 12:45p.m.-5:30p.m. Joe Macielag’s Pic-A-Polka Band, along with additional performances by Ludowa Nuta Polish Folk Choir
• 6:30p.m. Music by True Colors band. Dancing under the Main Tent.

The Harvest Festival ends at 10:00p.m. on both days. This year’s Dozynki Festival offers both familiar and unique Polish/American foods, including Polish Pizza; a large selection of Polish beers; live music; a Farmers’ Market; historic church tours; a Grand Raffle with cash prizes; a Best Pierogi contest with local celebrity judges; and many other activities.

Admission is free and all proceeds support the church’s historic restoration.

Corpus Christi Church is located at 199 Clark St. in Buffalo, one block east of the Broadway Market.

For more updated information about the Dozynki Festival and other events at Corpus Christi Church, visit www.corpuschristibuffalo.org.

August 21 – 8:00am – 5:00pm
Location – The Broadway Market
More Info – The Matt Urban H.O.P.E. Center is a community-focused agency based on the East side of Buffalo. Its mission is to enhance quality of life, preserve neighborhoods, and encourage economic development.

http://broadwaymarket.org