For the fifth year in a row on Holy Thursday, Broadway Fillmore Alive has put together a self-guided tour of seven historic churches in the Broadway-Fillmore area partaking in the traditional visitation of the Blessed Sacrament on this holy night… Holy Thursday, April 21, 2011.

Churches on this year’s tour include: Corpus Christi, Saint Ann, Saint Stanislaus, Saint Luke’s Mission of Mercy, Saint Adalbert Basilica, Saint John Kanty and Saint Clare.

The visitation period generally begins after 7:00 pm and the churches remain open till around 11:00 pm.

In our first year, we had about 50 requests for the tour info.  The number rose to over 500 in 2010.

The churches in Buffalo’s historic Polonia are awe inspiring and are deeply rooted in tradition. This is a way to experience their religious, artistic and cultural beauty while spending some time in prayer and reflection in this most sacred time of the year on the Roman Catholic calendar.

You can download the tour brochure and map by clicking here—>

Video from last year:

Video from 2009:

Tomorrow is Holy Thursday and with that comes the visitation of seven churches…

My phone has been ringing off the hook the last few days with people calling about BFA’s One Night and Seven Churches brochure to visit B-F’s incredible houses of worship on Thursday.

If you have never gone, you should…it is truly a unique experience that will touch you on a number of different levels.

[click here for more info and get brochure]

For the fourth year in a row on Holy Thursday – April 1st, 2010, B-F-A has put together a self-guided tour of seven historic churches in the Broadway-Fillmore area partaking in the traditional visitation of the Blessed Sacrament on this holy night.

The visitation period generally begins after 7:00 pm and the churches remain open till around 11:00 pm.

The Seven Churches…

St. Clare -193 Elk Street
St. Stanislaus – Peckham and Fillmore
St. Ann – Broadway & Emslie
Corpus Christi -199 Clark Street
St. John Kanty – Broadway and Swinburne
St. Luke’s – Sycamore & Miller
St. Adalbert Basilica – 212 Stanislaus Street

For more information, you can call 716.218.0232 or click to view brochure…

The churches in Buffalo’s historic Polonia are awe inspiring and are deeply rooted in tradition…this is a way to experience their religious, artistic and cultural beauty.

Pictures from 2009…

For the third year in a row on Holy Thursday, B-F-A has put together a self-guided tour of seven historic churches in the Broadway-Fillmore area partaking in the traditional visitation of the Blessed Sacrament on this holy night.

The visitation period generally begins after 7:00 pm and the churches remain open till around 11:00 pm.

The churches include…Corpus Christi, Saint Adalbert Basilica, Saint Stanislaus, Saint Luke’s, Saint John Kanty, Saint Ann’s and Saint Clare’s.

In our first year, we had about 50 requests for the tour info. Last year the number rose to over 400.

The churches in Buffalo’s historic Polonia are awe inspiring and are deeply rooted in tradition…this is a way to experience their religious, artistic and cultural beauty while spending some time in prayer and reflection in this most sacred time of the year.

[click here to download brochure - pdf]