Excellent article by Martin Ederer about Saint Ann’s in The German Citizen newspaper.
Martin Ederer is a professor of history at Buffalo State College. He co-chairs the St. Ann’s Church and Shrine Revitalization Committee.
Click here to read article (PDF)—>
You can also download the whole Summer 2013 issue of The German Citizen by clicking here—>
The German Citizen’s Facebook page:
Saint Ann’s is holding is annual German Mass on Sunday, April 21st @ Saint Louis Church 780 Main St. at Edward.
Music for the Mass will be performed by the Buffalo Schwaben Chor.
Pleas join Saint Ann’s in this celebration of Western New York’s German Catholic heritage.
Saint Ann’s will be celebrating Easter Sunday Mass @ 10am.
Masses are currently held inside their former school directly behind the church at Broadway and Emslie.
Visit Saint Ann’s on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saintannbuffalo
For those of you who don’t know, the Saint Ann’s parish community is still holding weekly Sunday Mass. Though the congregation can’t use the physical church, Mass is being held inside their school building in the basement parish hall.
The congregation is a great group of people and I am always welcomed there as if I was part of their extended parish family.
Please show support for their efforts to keep Saint Ann’s ALIVE…come to worship there peridocally, support their fundraisers, etc. The church and its people are neighborhood treasures.
Visit Saint Ann’s on Facebook—>
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Though the Saint Ann’s faith community can’t hold Mass inside of their church, they will have Christmas Day Mass at 10:00am inside of the convent behind the church om Emslie Street. Everyone is welcome!
For more info, visit their Facebook page—>
Sad to think that the church will not be open for Christmas.
(By Jay Tokasz – Buffalo News) A comprehensive engineering study of St. Ann Church is expected to be completed within a few weeks and will help determine the fate of the ornate 1886 edifice on Broadway at Emslie Street.
Arbour Construction Management and Siracuse Engineers, both Buffalo firms, are currently examining the building and trying to determine a fix for structural problems that prompted then-Bishop Edward U. Kmiec in April to suspend all activities inside the church.
Kmiec has since retired and been replaced by Bishop Richard J. Malone.
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Love Saint Ann’s! It is a shame that the church remains closed and that images like the above can only be seen on a computer screen.
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The Alive Photo of the Day is from BFA’s photo archives.
It’s time again for the Annual Saint Ann’s Fruit Sale! Order your citrus fruit shipped directly from Florida. This is a great way to help Saint Ann’s and get some awesome FRUIT!
All boxes contain 20lbs of fruit and cost $22 a piece. Choose from Navel Oranges, Red Grapefruit, Navel and Grapefruit Mix, or Florida Tangeloes.
Please use the form below, and either drop of after Sunday mass, or mail in by October 21. Pickup will be November 18th.
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This month for Second Sunday, the focus is on Saint Ann’s.
Even though the Diocese of Buffalo has deemed the physical church building unsafe for usage, the good people at Saint Ann’s still celebrate Mass every week behind the church in their grotto.
Show your support fro Saint Ann’s and come celebrate this second Sunday with their parish community.
If you can’t make it to Saint Ann’s, please use this second Sunday to worship at one of B-F’s wonderful and historic churches.
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Though unable to hold regular masses inside of Saint Ann’s church because the Buffalo Diocese deemed the building unsafe for activities back in April, parishioners have been gathering weekly to celebrate Sunday mass behind the church’s in its grotto. Last night was the second Mass in the church’s annual triduum in honor of St. Ann…the parishes namesake.
The people of Saint Ann’s are keeping the faith.
Please support the people of Saint Ann’s and consider going to their Sunday Mass at 10:00am.
I wrote this in an email to someone a couple of weeks ago about church closures in the neighborhood and think it relevant to add here.
I understand the dynamics involved. But I don’t have to agree with or like the decisions made to throw away these parish communities and churches like they mean nothing at all. Instead of throwing them away, the diocese could use them to minister and evangelize like they do in third world countries…make them beacons of hope for a neighborhood that needs hope. In the process, they could help save these glorious buildings of faith. People wonder why the Catholic church is dying in America. It is not hard to figure out why.
It is easy to look at these old churches with only $$$ in mind. But spiritual capital is what should be really looked at and how to increase that. The diocese should be into that instead of removing their presence from the inner city and troubled neighborhoods. Frankly, I think they are taking the easy way out.
Here is a video from last night as well.