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Author: Jeannine Pitas

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When The Headlines Come Home

14 July, 202115 July, 2021 Jeannine Pitas

My words today are a deep lament, as well as a cry for justice and mercy. Yesterday I picked up a copy of my hometown

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Day of Prayer June 7 at 2 p.m. in MLK Park Casino

6 June, 20206 June, 2020 Jeannine Pitas

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It’s Time For A Hard Reckoning

2 June, 20202 June, 2020 Jeannine Pitas

Dear Readers of Broadway Fillmore Alive, My name is Jeannine Pitas. I’m a Polish-American Western New York native and the great-great-great niece of the founder

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Councilman David Franczyk’s Retirement Party

10 January, 202010 January, 2020 Jeannine Pitas

On Friday, January 10, 2020, over one hundred family members, friends, and professional colleagues of Councilman David Franczyk gathered at the Adam Mickiewicz Library to

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Speaking Truth With Love: An Interview With Siobhan O’Connor

26 December, 201826 December, 2018 Jeannine Pitas

2018 has not been an easy year for Catholics around the world as more and more cases of sexual abuse of children have come to

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Thank You for Dreaming

24 February, 201824 February, 2018 Jeannine Pitas

With great joy I’d like to share the news that I have just published a poetry chapbook with California-based Lummox Press. I would describe this

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Give Faith a Chance

25 December, 201725 December, 2017 Jeannine Pitas

Merry Christmas to all! I enjoyed a lovely noon Christmas Mass at St. Stanislaus, my home parish here in Buffalo New York. “Christmas is the

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The Broadway Market on Christmas Eve

24 December, 201724 December, 2017 Jeannine Pitas

I had heard that the Broadway Market would be open until 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve. My mother and I decided to pay a visit

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How I Became a Racist

13 August, 201713 August, 2017 Jeannine Pitas

This is an essay I have been meaning to write for a long time. It is also one that I have avoided writing, possibly for

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Islamophobia will get us nowhere

11 January, 201711 January, 2017 Jeannine Pitas

I recently attended a meeting of a Polish Roman Catholic organization on the East Side. Neighborhood revitalization was a major goal of all in attendance.

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