{"id":13927,"date":"2013-11-02T10:55:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T14:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=13927"},"modified":"2013-11-02T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T14:55:41","slug":"save-st-anns-video-dedicated-to-lifelong-parishioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2013\/11\/save-st-anns-video-dedicated-to-lifelong-parishioner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSave St. Ann\u2019s\u201d Video Dedicated to Lifelong Parishioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Video of Press Conference<\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHxdiPiowMM?rel=0\" height=\"295\" width=\"525\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Buffalo resident and longtime St. Ann\u2019s parishioner, John Rynn, is featured in a Buffalostyle video produced to help save the threatened \u00a0east side Buffalo church. \u00a0Now with his recent passing, producers of the video have decided to dedicate the film to Rynn\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the video dedication was made by Marc Odien of WNYMedia and Christina Abt of Buffalostyle, producers of the video.\u00a0 They were joined by New York State Senator Tim Kennedy (D, IP, WF-63), Buffalo Common Council Member Darius G.Pridgen, (D-Ellicott), members of the Save St. Ann\u2019s Committee and members of John Rynn\u2019s family. \u00a0\u00a0According to Abt, the decision to dedicate the video to Rynn was straightforward<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout John\u2019s interview he kept saying that he wasn\u2019t all that smart about a lot of things,\u201d Abt said.\u00a0 \u201cYet at the end of the day, John made one of the most astute observations about St. Ann\u2019s being just as important to the Western New York Community as the Darwin Martin House and Graycliff, two of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s crowning architectural jewels.\u00a0 His life was entwined with St. Ann\u2019s and it would be wonderful if the church could be saved in his memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Kennedy, who has publicly supported saving St. Ann\u2019s spoke about the importance of the landmark east side building. &#8220;The legacy of St. Ann&#8217;s Church runs deep into Buffalo&#8217;s storied history. For 127 years, this beautiful church has towered over the East Side neighborhood,&#8221; said Senator Tim Kennedy. &#8220;Children grew up here, couples were married here, neighbors gathered here, and families relied on St. Ann&#8217;s. So much of the history will live on in our hearts, but we could never recreate this unique architecture. It would be a tragedy to lose such a treasure. Efforts are underway to ensure St Anne&#8217;s is protected from demolition, and I believe if we continue to think creatively, we can protect St. Ann&#8217;s Church for generations to come.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>St Ann\u2019s was constructed between 1878 and 1886 and immediately became a religious, community and architectural focal point within the east side neighborhood.\u00a0 Rynn\u2019s parents joined the parish in the early 1900\u2019s and raised their family as members of St. Ann\u2019s.\u00a0 John was educated there and remained dedicated to the parish until his death last week, at the age of 93. \u00a0\u00a0In describing the church where he was baptized and grew up, Rynn termed it, \u201can icon\u201d and spoke fervently about the need for its preservation.<\/p>\n<p>A group of community activists, preservationists and St. Ann\u2019s parishioners have joined together in support of restoring the church.\u00a0\u00a0 Committee member John Sawicz notes the importance of John Rynn\u2019s support to their efforts.\u00a0 \u201cJohn\u2019s knowledge about St Ann\u2019s was amazing,\u201d Sawicz said.\u00a0 \u201cHe not only knew the history of the church, he lived it and was totally dedicated to saving it.\u00a0 It would be great if we could now get people to join in our efforts to save St. Ann\u2019s in John\u2019s memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Pridgen noted that a vote to grant historical landmark status to St. Ann\u2019s will come before Buffalo\u2019s Common Council on November 6.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;John kept the ball rolling to keep the wrecking ball from demolishing St. Ann. It is my job to ensure that his, and others efforts to save the St. Ann building is not in vain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The St. Ann\u2019s Buffalostyle video includes interviews with St. Ann\u2019s Pastor, Fr. Roy Herberger, Chair of the Buffalo Preservation Board, Paul McDonald and St. Ann\u2019s parishioners Kathrine Freeland and John Rynn and can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-BDOX8-8TVo?rel=0\" height=\"394\" width=\"525\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saintannbuffalo.org\/\">http:\/\/saintannbuffalo.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of Press Conference Buffalo resident and longtime St. Ann\u2019s parishioner, John Rynn, is featured in a Buffalostyle video produced to help save the threatened<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u201cSave St. Ann\u2019s\u201d Video Dedicated to Lifelong Parishioner","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,7,623],"tags":[106,172],"class_list":["post-13927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-alive-churches","category-b-f-preservation","tag-saint-anns-church","tag-saint-anns-church-and-shrine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-559237_10201796984505124_31790404_n.jpg?fit=545%2C364&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1Wcy1-3CD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}