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Relic of John Paul II at Corpus Christi on May 8th and 9th

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John Paul II Relic

Corpus Christi Church is pleased to inform the Buffalo and Western New York community that we are to be the last United States stopover where a reliquary containing the Blood of Blessed John Paul II, can be seen.

The relic will be on display Wed. May 8th and on the Solemnity of the Ascension, Thurs. May 9th at our Church, 199 Clark Street, Buffalo, 14212.  Our Church will be open for Holy Mass Wednesday at 7:30am and at 11:30am, and on Ascension Thursday, at 11:30am and at 6:30pm.

The relic that has been traveling across the Eastern United States and will arrive here from Pennsylvania on the way to Montreal, Canada.

This special Honor was arranged through Rev. Slawomir Order, Postulator of the Sanctification Process of Blessed John Paul II and Rev. Rafal Walczyk, O.S.P.P.E. from the Church of St. Casimir in Yonkers, NY.

Pope John Paul II was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on May 9, 2009. Before being elected Pope, John Paul II visited Buffalo in 1969 and 1976.