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

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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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!!!

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.

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!

You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and listen to some of celebrity guests and paranormal experts that will be appearing in our lecture room. Some of the panels scheduled to take place are “Being Michael Myers” with Tyler Mane and James Winburn, “Scream Queens” Panel, Q&A with Lloyd Kaufman, ” Being a Ghost Hunters Academy recruit” panel, “Running SCARED! and the Haunted Collector” with Brian Cano, and many more!

A full list of scheduled panels and lectures is available online at http://www.parahorror.com.

Make sure to check out the movie screening room for some of the best in independent horror productions including a special screening of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead with Lloyd Kaufman! Also featured are sneak previews of upcoming movies like Ombis from Deftone Pictures, and Banshee from Buffalo Nickel Productions. Many of the movies we are screening like Slime City Massacre by Greg Lamberson were filmed right at the Buffalo Central Terminal!

All of this and even a Zombie Walk for charity is happening on Saturday, May 26th from Noon to 7pm.

This will be a unique event that you will never forget! More information of the Para-Horror Convention at the Buffalo Central Terminal is available at: http://www.parahorror.com.

Pre-sale ticket packages are on sale now and start at only $15! Children 6-12 are $10, and children under 6 are free.

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

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)

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

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(Picture courtesy of Polish Easter Buffalo)

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.

First Presbyterian Church – One Symphony Circle, Buffalo
New York American Choral Directors Association’s
Western New York Invitational Choral Fest
Saturday May 19 – 7:30p.m.
Jubilee Worship and catered reception in honor
of First Presbyterian Church’s Bicentennial
Sunday May 20 – Celebratory Service – 11:00 AM,
followed by a gala reception and fellowship
www.firstchurchbuffalo.org

First Presbyterian Church, a Buffalo city landmark, was the first faith community in Buffalo. Founded in 1812, it is often referred to as the “Mother of All Churches.” Even Teddy Roosevelt worshipped here! The Romanesque church was designed by Buffalo architects Green and Wicks. Notable features include the main dome, towering 64 ft. above the floor of the nave, decorated in a Persian design. The apse features four medallions depicting the Four Evangelists, adapted from carvings on the doors of St. Mark’s in Venice, Italy, while the chandeliers are copies of those in Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Since 1986 The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites program has supported more than 675 religious institutions throughout the state which have received over $7.3 million in matching grants. Sacred Sites is the country’s oldest and largest statewide grant program to help landmark religious properties. Corpus Christi, Blessed Trinity, First Presbyterian and the Buffalo Religious Arts Center have all received matching grants from the Sacred Sites program.

For additional information on the Sacred Sites Open House Weekend, contact Ann Friedman, Director, Sacred Sites at the New York Landmarks Conservancy at 212/995-5260 or visit http://tinyurl.com/SSOpenHouse.

http://buffalosacredplaces.org/

Please join the Broadway Market on Saturday May 12, 2012 at the Broadway Market as they celebrate Mom!

We will have some special vendors on hand along with our traditional vendors!

The Carol McLaughlin Jazz Ensemble will take the Market Stage from 11am to 2pm!!!

Music, food, flowers and MOM!!!

http://broadwaymarket.org