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Photos: Sacrament of Confirmation on 06/02/2019

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On June 2 (Sunday), during the 11 am Mass in the Corpus Christi Church in Buffalo, Most Reverend Richard J. Malone, Bishop of Buffalo gives a Sacrament of Confirmation to Konrad Krzyszton, Thomas Seternus, William Ulicki and Alexa Karmilowicz.

Confirmation is a Sacrament of Initiation (along with Baptism and Eucharist) in which a baptized Catholic, through prayers, imposition of hands and the anointing with chrism oil, receives a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that completes baptismal grace. The Sacrament of Confirmation impresses a character, and by it the baptized, continuing on the path of Christian initiation, are enriched by the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and bound more perfectly to the Church. It strengthens them and obliges them more firmly to be witnesses to Christ by word and deed and to spread and defend the faith (CCC 1285). Through this Sacrament of Initiation, the bishop confirms the sacramental journey of faith begun at baptism and initiates candidates into the Greater Church community.

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Photos: Jagiellonian University Students exploring Buffalo

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Studies in Central and Eastern Europe: Histories, Cultures and Societies is a unique, exclusively English program opened a few years ago in the Jagiellonian University Faculty of History (Krakow, Poland). From the very beginning cooperation with Daemen College, Amherst, NY, is one of the most important part of the program. The Daemen professor dr. Andrew. K. Wise taught in Krakow as Visiting Professor in 2017/2018 Spring semester; the students have been to Krakow, Warsaw and Przemyśl several times.

This Spring 7 students with the Director of the Studies Prof. dr. Tomasz Pudłocki are in Western New York (May 28 – June 10, 2019), hosted by Daemen as part of Jagiellonian Polonia Institute.

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June 1 guests from Poland with Prof. Brian Hammer of Daemen were exploring old Polonia district. Among many examples of the ethnic heritage of Polonia they paid a visit to Corpus Christi Church. They didn’t hide that were enchanted by it’s beauty. Pastor, Fr. Michał Czyżewski, not only carefully explained the long tradition of the Parish and of the local Polonia, but also focus on the art as one of the factors which leads people to God.

Despite of studying in Poland the group of students is very international: Nathaz Droz is originally from Switzerland, Zelalem Ntesfaye – Ethiopia, M.Morgan Sayed – Egypt, Liana Blikharska and Mariam Kunchuliya – Ukraine, Paulina A. Bugajska and Maciej Kamiński – Poland. Most of them the very first time were in the US, and in WNY.

Celebrating 15 Years of The Pauline Fathers in Buffalo on Sunday, June 9th

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On Sunday June 9th at 11 AM a Special Mass will be offered in English and in Polish by Father General Arnold Chrapkowski. He is coming from The Shrine at Czestochowa, Poland. Father General is the leader of all the Pauline churches and Missions around the world

Please also consider coming to 2 PM Reception at St. Stanislaus Social Center to celebrate this anniversary. Tickets are $25 and reservations can be made by calling Chris Cooley in the church rectory at at 896-1050. Or contact Jim Serafin at phone-541-5391.

The Pauline Fathers arrived in Buffalo in 2004 staff and operate Corpus Christi Church. Since then, the Fathers now staff St. Stanislaus Church.