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.

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Corpus Christi’s annual Dożynki Harvest Festival is this weekend…it is a very cool festival and has a number of interesting things happening as part of it.

For more on Dożynki visit…

http://dozynki.corpuschristibuffalo.org/

Buffalo, New York – Divine Divas Mary Terese Murphy and Margie DiPaolo, together with the Corpus Christi Church Combo, will perform a variety of jazz and standard vocal selections on Saturday, August 22 at 6:30 p.m. This light-hearted performance will be held outdoors under the tent at Corpus Christi Church, located at 199 Clark Street, just one block east of the Broadway Market. This event is free and open to the public.

Margie DiPaolo has appeared in numerous community theatrical productions and has performed with cabaret groups in Atlanta and Rochester. She is a cantor at the Church of the Transfiguration in Pittsford, New York and is thrilled to be joining the Divine Divas in her hometown of Buffalo!

Mary Teresa Murphy is the lead vocalist of the Cold Blues Band in Buffalo. She sings for various churches in Western New York including St. Andrew’s and St. Paul’s in Kenmore, along with St. Joseph’s University Parish in Buffalo. Ms. Murphy has a theatre degree from Towson State University in Maryland and has sung in numerous bands locally and in Maryland. While living in New York City she worked on the soap operas All My Children and Another World.

This concert promises to be a fun-filled evening of beautiful music.

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The 30th annual Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival at Corpus Christi Church in Buffalo will take place on August 22 and 23. 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, Dożynki 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 Dożynki Mass when a specially baked bread is presented along with a wreath made of grains and wildflowers along with other fruits of the land. Special liturgical music for the occasion will be performed during the Mass.

This year’s Dożynki Festival activites will offer a chance to enjoy homemade Polish food and drink, polka, classical and pop music, an opportunity to purchase handmade religious and folk items, participate in historic church tours, and take part in many other activities. The Dożynki Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered on Sunday, August 23 at 11:30A.M. The festival opens on Saturday, August 22 at 11:30 a.m. with the Farmers’ Market and Polish Cafe. Familiar as well as unique Polish food will be available both days. The sounds of Al Kania’s Polka Smile Eastern Style will fill the air on Saturday afternoon.

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Over the next two days, Corpus Christi’s Dozynki Polish Harvest festival will be the place to be in B-F…

Saturday, August 23 – 11:30 am -11 pm
Al Kania’s “Polka Smile Eastern Style” 1-5 pm
Buffalo’s Best Homemade Pierogi Contest 5:30 pm
Pork and beef rollup dinners 2-7 pm
Those Idiots “High Energy Polka” 7-11 pm
Polish Cafe, Farmers’ Market, Polish Gifts, Food & Beer

Sunday, August 24 – 11:30 am -10 pm
11:30-Dozynki Harvest Thanksgiving Mass
12:30-6 pm Chicken Dinner
 Krakowiacy Dancers of Eugenia’s Dance Studio
12:30-4:30 pm Joe Macielag’s Pic-A-Polka Band
Ivan Docenko 4:30-5:30 pm, Piano in Church
(Chopin and Paderewski)
MaryKate O’Connell 5:30-6:30 pm, In Church
(Sacred and Inspirational Music)
Polish Sing-a-Long and Jam 6:30 pm
Music continues under the tent to 7:30-10pm
Polish Cafe, Farmers’ Market, Polish Gifts, Food & Beer

http://dozynki.corpuschristibuffalo.org

If you are looking to do something very cool this coming weekend, DO DOZYNKI!!!

This is Corpus Christi’s 29th Annual Dozynki Festival…food…fun…beer…THOSE IDIOTS…BUFFALO’S BEST HOMEMADE PIEROGI CONTEST and MORE!!!

The festival has really grown over the last few years.

Surely you want more info…

http://dozynki.corpuschristibuffalo.org

Corpus Christi Church is selling sponsor ads for its Dozynki Harvest Festival program…

What a great way to help Corpus Christi and get some exposure at one of B-F’s largest festivals!

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This is the 29th Annual Dozynki Harvest Festival at Corpus Christi…the festival has really taken off over the last few years and it is a nice opportunity to see Polonia come alive.

Dyngus Day faves Those Idiots will also be performing at this year’s Dozynki.

For more information visit…

http://dozynki.corpuschristibuffalo.org/