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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BFA friend Greg Witul passed along this ad for a Polka Festival @ Saint John Cantius Church from 1976.  For those who don’t know, Saint John Kanty used to be called Saint John Cantius.  I believe the name change came in late 1970s if I recall correctly.

What I don’t have a recollection of is this festival at all…do you remember?  Based on the ad, it looks like it was a huge event.  The church offered shuttle service from offsite parking areas around the neighborhood.

You can view large version of the ad by clicking here—> (pdf)

This video was shot during 8:15am Mass at Corpus Christi.

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This looks like it is shaping up to be a great event!!!

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Chocolate, Wine & Sweets Event at the Broadway Market on Saturday, February 11!

Jazzline will be performing live from 12:30pm until 3:30pm.

Bring your sweetheart for couples photos and  enter to win an Engagement Package! It is a $2,000 value that includes a wedding dress from David’s Bridal!

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—>

To find out more about Corpus Christi Church click here—>

(By Andrew Golebiowski – Corpus Christi Church) Corpus Christi Church celebrates the tradition of Candlemas-Matki Boski Gromnicznej (Our Lady of the Thunder Candle) on Feb. 2. People brought their own “Thunder Candle” or “Gromnica to church to be blessed. Some of the candles brought to church had been carried from Poland.

After blessing, the candle is taken home to be lit during storms and other times of trouble, or to be placed in the hands of a dying person to allow the light to lead them to the next world.

Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle from Rich Lunghino on Vimeo.

This is a cool little video I found on Facebook today by Rich Lunghino.

David Torke, owner of the Fix Buffalo blog, mashed up the data provided by the city last week of their upcoming demolitions and Google Maps.  I featured the data in a post here called Demolishing Polonia.

When you look at the demos coming on a map, you get a real sense as to how this really impacts the neighborhood.

Here is a link to the Google Map—>

Here is a link to David Torke’s blog—>

Polonia is truly being demolished right before our eyes.