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Over the years, I have heard many people tell their tales about how sad they are about places in the neighborhood that have closed or have been torn down, etc.

Each of us though has an opportunity to make a difference in the future of B-F’s treasures.  It is as simple as supporting them more.

While I have been contemplating the recent merger of Saint Adalbert Basilica and Saint John Kanty and how it has left the basilica essentially quiet every Sunday now, I came up with the idea of Second Sundays in Broadway-Fillmore.

The idea is simple enough…come to church at one of B-F’s historic and beautiful churches every second Sunday of a month during the course of the year.

As anyone at any of the churches will tell you, we need more people to attend.

If you want to see these glorious embodiments of faith saved, support them regularly.

I hope I am not sounding too preachy.

The effort here is to help sustain these churches for future generations.

Far too often in Buffalo’s history we have let our history be relegated to “I wish this place or that place was still round” without any way to help or turn back the clock.  Well, you can help here. Come to B-F for church at least once a month!

It is a simple but valuable way to make a difference in protecting B-F’s ethnic and architectural heritage.

Going forward, I will repost this about a week before second Sunday.

Amen…

The churches.

• Saint Adalbert Basilica (look for special Masses)
• Saint Ann’s - No regular services
• Corpus Christi
• Saint John Kanty
• Saint Luke’s Mission of Mercy
• Saint Stanislaus

Loved this story on Saint Luke’s Mission of Mercy from WGRZ.

http://www.stlukesmissionofmercy.org/

Contact Saint Luke’s MOM for more info…

716.894.4476

http://www.stlukesmissionofmercy.org/

By clicking here, you can get a complete listing of all the Holy Week schedules for B-F’s Roman Catholic Churches.

Support them!

Sun. 17th Palm Sunday

http://www.stlukesmissionofmercy.org/

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:

Saint Adalbert Basilica
6:00 pm

Corpus Christi
11:30 am
6:30 pm

Saint John Kanty
8:30 am
12:00 pm

Saint Luke’s
7:00 pm

Saint Stan’s
11:00 am
7:00 pm

The needs of the month for February are:

• Over the Counter Medicines
  • We are in great need of over the counter medicines for colds and flu. It has been a tough and cold winter and we are seeing many people coming to us in need of help in battling the colds and flu that are so common at this time of year. We can use both adult and children’s versions of:
    • Cough Medicine like Robitussin, Vicks Formula 44, Delsym, Musinex, etc.
    • Cough drops and throat lozenges, etc.
    • Pain and Fever Reducers like Advil, Motrin, Tylenol, etc.
    • Cold / Flu Medicines like Sudafed, Dimetap, Tylenol, Day/NightQuil, etc.

Thank you so much for your kind and compassionate consideration in helping us help God’s poor.

May God bless you and your families in great abundance!

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Click here to contact  Saint Luke’s if you can help…