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Feast of Corpus Christi to be Celebrated on June 2nd

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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!