(By Jane Kwiatkowski – Buffalo News) When the Rev. Anzelm Chalupka landed at Corpus Christi Church in January 2004, he was determined to understand his new city. Along the way, he helped resurrect one historic church, and gave energy to a very tired East Side neighborhood. At age 39, he is like fresh air.
PT: You must like challenges.
RAC: I figure God has some plans. I didn’t want to come to America. I was happy in Czestochowa Shrine, but I went to England to study English, and then they sent me here. Now, I like it. It is a place of improvisation. You have to improvise here to bring people to the church. You have to think out of the box.
