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

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

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)

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
May 06 (Bulletin)

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Saint Stan’s
May 06 (Bulletin)

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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 →

(Janice Stevens – Wilson Street Urban Farm) What an interesting spring we have  had.   Two weeks of 70 -80 degree weather, then a major freeze.  Then warm again, then snow.  I’m placing faith in the idea that this latest warming trend is going to last – at least that we won’t get any more snow or temperatures in the teens!

This week has seen a flurry of activity on the farm.  Tomatoes and peppers were started in the house weeks ago and they were desperately wanting to be transplanted into 4″ blocks outside, so Mark and Jerusha made  380 4 inch blocks and lined them up on boards in the hoop house ready for transplants.  Sad, leggy tomatoes have been placed in their blocks and should be happy again soon.  Alex planted some of her peppers in the hoop house ground as well as putting some in blocks.    Cabbage and Swiss chard were planted in their outside boxes.  Herbs were transplanted into pots and barrels around the yard.

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Last night when I was watching a video of the bells of Saint Ann’s, inspiration struck and I decided to mix available audio on the bells from Saint John Kanty, Corpus Christi, Saint Stan’s and Saint Ann’s.

For those of us who grew up in the neighborhood, the density of churches located in Broadway-Fillmore brought the sounds of church bells ringing a lot.

Don’t know if the video captures that, but it was something cool that stuck with me about growing up B-F.