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Dyngus Day 2013 @ Corpus Christi
Please join us for Dyngus Day!
This year we are raffling off a 32 inch LCD HDTV…all you have to do is buy your Dyngus Day Buffalo Pussy Willow Pass ($10) from Corpus Christi on or before 03/29/2013 either at our rectory M-F, 9:30am-3:00pm or online via Credit Card/PayPay (see below) and you will automatically be entered into the drawing which will occur on 04/05/2013 at our Social and Athletic Club, 165 Sears Street behind the church.
Our bowling lanes will be open, we are having a FREE admission Pre-Dyngus Day Parade Party, we will be serving up our legendary Corpus Christi favorite Polish Pizza and our Dyngus Party starts after the parade.
If you purchase your Pussy Willow Pass online, you can pick it up at our Social and Athletic Club on Dyngus Day at the admission table.
See you on Dyngus Day!
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GRANT FROM M&T BANK ADVANCES CORPUS CHRISTI’S PHASE II CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
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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