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Feast of Corpus Christi to be Celebrated on June 2nd

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May.17,2013

Corpus Christi Sunday

On Sunday, June 2, 2013, St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church will join with Corpus Christi Church to commemorate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.  Catholics from all around Buffalo and Western New York are invited to participate.

The observance will begin at 3:00p.m. at St. Stanislaus Church, located at 123 Townsend Street in Buffalo, for a traditional outdoor procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament through the streets of East Buffalo’s Historic Polonia.  In keeping with tradition, the procession will pause for devotions at four outside altars created specifically for this feast. The procession will end at Corpus Christi Church, located at 199 Clark Street, followed immediately by Benediction and Holy Mass.

A reception with light refreshments will follow at Corpus Christi.  All are welcome to attend.

The Feast of Corpus Christi, which dates to the 13th Century, celebrates the institution of the Holy Mass and professes the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.  This ceremony has long been an important day in Polish culture that is observed with a public display of faith.  Especially in recent years, hundreds of Western New Yorkers have commemorated this important event by participating in the church procession.

Leading up to the Solemnity of Corpus Christi is Forty Hours of Adoration of the Holy Eucharist.  This begins On Friday, May 31st at 6:30p.m. with special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and spiritual teachings by Father Marek Kreis.  The adoration continues until 11:00a.m. on Sunday June 2 at Corpus Christi Church.

All are invited to sign up for an hour of adoration and to join in the Corpus Christi devotions.  For additional information, please call (716) 896-1050 or visit the Saint Stanislaus or Corpus Christi websites at www.StStansBuffalo.com or www.CorpusChristiBuffalo.org.

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GRANT FROM M&T BANK ADVANCES CORPUS CHRISTI’S PHASE II CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

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Jan.15,2013

Corpus Christi Church

Restoration of North Tower to Begin This Spring

The New Year is off to a promising start at Corpus Christi Church, thanks to a $15,000 grant from M&T Bank toward the parish’s Phase II Restoration Fund Campaign. Specifically, this funding will be used to repair the north tower, and to replace the church’s antiquated drainage system.

This is the second grant from M&T Bank for Corpus Christi’s restoration. The M& T grant will be used as critical matching funds toward money awarded from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund to finish securing the exterior “envelope” of this historic church. Although these projects will be largely invisible to the general public, they are essential to ensuring this landmark’s stability for many years to come.

In the last decade, water infiltration and freeze/thaw effects caused a portion of the sandstone cornice of the north tower to fracture and collapse. A wind storm in December 2008 damaged sections of cladding on the tower cupola. While intermediate steps have been taken to ease these situations for the short term, they are temporary, “band-aid” solutions that must be addressed in a much more comprehensive manner for public safety and the long-term preservation of the church. In addition, time and weather have caused the existing drainage tiles around the perimeter of the church foundation to fall apart and the stone wall mortar joints to deteriorate, allowing further migration of water into the interior spaces. As a result, significant sections of the basement walls have crumbled and there is an ongoing mold and mildew problem that makes the space unhealthy for use.

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Corpus Christi Church Announces the Fifth Annual Buffalo’s Best Pierogi Contest

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Jul.20,2012

Buffalo, New York – Corpus Christi Church is once again looking for Buffalo’s best pierogi.  This historic east side church is hosting its fifth annual Buffalo’s Best Pierogi contest on Saturday August 18 at 4:30p.m. The contest is open to all amateur cooks and businesses.

The contest has grown from fourteen contestants to last year’s high of thirty-six. Christopher Byrd, the contest organizer, says the event “captures Buffalo’s love for food and while celebrating our city’s rich ethnic heritage with recipes and traditions passed on from one generation to the next. It proves that Buffalo is the pierogi capital of America.”

Applicants will be judged in one of three categories:

Homemade Traditional – boiled or fried pierogi filled with cheese, cheese/potato or kapusta (pickled or fresh cabbage) with or without mushrooms, carrots, etc.

Homemade Non-Traditional – open to entrant’s creativity, keeping in mind that a pierog is a stuffed pocket of dough.

Commercial – open to any business using a traditional recipe.

Deadline for entries is Saturday, August 11.

A group of celebrity judges will determine the winners for the contest.  Winners in each category will walk away with the title of Buffalo’s Best Pierogi Maker.

The contest will take place during Corpus Christi’s 33rd annual Dożynki (pronounced Do-ZHIN-kee) Polish Harvest Festival on August 17, 18 and 19.  This joyful commemoration, which dates to the middle ages, is the Polish equivalent of America’s Thanksgiving holiday.

Corpus Christi Church is located at 199 Clark St. in Buffalo, one block east of the Broadway Market in the heart of Buffalo’s Historic Polonia.  Applications for the pierogi contest and a complete listing of the Harvest Festival events can be found on the church website at http://dozynki.corpuschristibuffalo.org.

 Buffalo’s got Pierogi!

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CORPUS CHRISTI TO HOST LENTEN RETREAT

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Mar.8,2012

Corpus Christi parish invites the public to attend a Lenten Retreat in the church, located at 199 Clark St. in Buffalo. One program will be given in English, and a second program will be presented in Polish.

The English retreat has the theme of Through the Cross and Suffering to LIFE.
This program begins on Saturday, March 17 with a sermon and teaching during the 5:30p.m. Mass. The retreat continues during all the Masses on March 18, and at the 6:30p.m. Mass on March 19 & 20.

The Polish retreat has the theme of Come Back to the Father’s House – Family Matters.
This program will be held during the 6:30p.m. Mass on March 21 – 23rd.

Additional Lenten services on March 19-22:
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament – 3:00p.m., followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Confession will be available from 6:00p.m. – 6:30p.m.
Benediction – 6:15p.m.

For a full schedule of services and special events, visit CorpusChristiBuffalo.org

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Sounds of the Season Concert at Corpus Christi

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Nov.17,2011

Opera-Lytes is pleased to announce a December performance of “Sounds of the Season”, a concert of sacred and secular Christmas music. The performance will take place on Sunday, December 4th at Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark St. in Buffalo, beginning at 2pm. All are welcome to attend. There is no admission charge, but a free will donation is appreciated.

Opera-Lytes, a theatre company based in Amherst, NY, has been in existence for 17 years. The group specializes in performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and “classic” Broadway musicals. In addition to this, the group also performs two to three choral concerts each season. Opera-Lytes is the only theatre company in the area that performs Gilbert and Sullivan on an annual basis, presenting fully staged productions with orchestral accompaniment. The group has performed in such area venues as the Lancaster Opera House, Ujima TheatreLoft, the Alleyway Theatre, and the Riviera Theatre.

“Sounds of the Season” will feature soloists and chorus in a concert presentation of Amahl and the Night Visitors, a one act opera by composer Gian Carlo Menotti .This heartwarming Christmas opera tells the story of Amahl, a poor shepherd boy, who with his Mother encounters the three Kings on their journey to meet the Holy Child. The second half of the program will include a choral presentation of sacred and secular Christmas favorites. Selections will include “The First Noel”, “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day”, “Deck the Hall”, and a medley of holiday songs by American composer Irving Berlin, and more. There will also be an audience carol sing along at each performance.

Opera-Lytes “Sounds of the Season” will be music directed by Paul Waara, joined by guest conductor Jill Neuhaus, and accompanied by James Welch. For further information about this holiday performance, please contact Corpus Christi Church at 896-1050. Information can also be found on Opera-Lytes website, www.operalytes.com.

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Corpus Christi Parishioners to Fill the Church Tower With Messages of Faith and Thanksgiving

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Nov.1,2011
Letter

Corpus Christi Church, located at the “Superman Corner” of Clark and Kent Streets on the East Side of Buffalo, was dedicated in 1909. The congregation has long maintained that during construction, the copper crosses atop the domes of the church towers were filled with hundreds of letters written by the parish’s school children. However, lacking any documentation, these messages became the stuff of urban legend. More than 100 years later, those long-ago letters have been found.

Since 2005, a multi-phased, multi-million dollar initiative has been underway to restore Corpus Christi to its full splendor. The current focus of this comprehensive project is the restoration of the iconic south tower. As work on the tower crosses began, those hopeful messages were discovered, along with small holy medals and other religious items. Unfortunately, time and exposure to the elements had destroyed this historic treasure trove, leaving behind just soggy clumps of paper and bits of corroded metal. Still, the discovery has captured the imagination of both the contractor and the congregation, and has inspired an invitation to current and former parishioners to record their own messages of faith and thanksgiving for their beloved church.

The parish has weathered many challenges during the last century. The congregation’s letters are sure to reflect the sobering facts of how close they came to losing their church, their gratitude to the Pauline Order for assuming leadership of the parish in 2004, a record of the challenges they have encountered in revitalizing this sacred place and fervent prayers for the future of this landmark church. This time around, the letters will be encased in a fashion that will safeguard them for generations to come.

The letter-writing endeavor will take place on Sunday, November 6th after all the Masses. Light refreshments will be provided. All current and former parishioners are invited to attend Mass and take part in this historic project.

Images of the recently discovered documents can be viewed on by clicking here—>

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Administrator Appointed to Corpus Christi Parish

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Aug.23,2011

Buffalo, NY – Fr. Joseph Olczak, O.S.P.P.E., Provincial Superior of the Pauline Fathers, has announced the appointment of Fr. Mariusz Dymek, O.S.P.P.E., as Administrator of Corpus Christi Parish, at 199 Clark Street, Buffalo.

Fr. Olczak, who is the head of the Pauline Order in the United States, also announced that he has suspended Fr. Matthew Wydmanski, O.S.P.P.E., the previous pastor, from his priestly duties because Fr. Wydmanski left the country without permission and returned to his native Poland.

The Provincial Superior’s swift appointment of new leadership for Corpus Christi, as well as his official censure of Fr. Matthew for his flight from justice, underscore the Pauline Order’s deep commitment to this historic parish and to the Western New York community that has so generously contributed to the revitalization of this magnificent church.

Fr. Dymek, 34, is a native of Pita, Poland. He received an M.A. in Theology from the Pontifical Institute of Theology in Krakow. He took his final vows in the Pauline Order in 2001, and was ordained to the priesthood at the Monastery of Jasna Gora in 2002.

Fr. Dymek served in a parish in Oporow, Poland from 2002 to 2004, where he also taught high school religion classes, and served as a prison Chaplain. Fr. Dymek then came to the United States and studied English at Baruch College in New York City. He served as Director of the Memorial Department at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA from 2005 to 2007, and as Parochial Vicar at St. Mark’s Parish in Summerfield, Florida from 2007 to 2009. He has been serving at St. Casimir’s Parish in Yonkers since 2009.

“I m looking forward to working with the people of Corpus Christi parish to build a strong spiritual presence on the East Side, and to complete the major renovation and restoration projects currently underway,” Fr. Dymek said. He is particularly excited to see the progress on the restoration of the mural over the high altar, known as the Disputa, and on the South Tower of the church.

Fr. Olczak and Fr. Dymek thanked the many donors and volunteers who have made, and continue to make, this vital restoration work possible on one of Buffalo’s most important historical landmarks.

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