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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.

Visit of Fr. General of the Pauline Order

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Fr. Arnold Chrapkowski, General Superior of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit based at Jasna Góra in Częstochowa, visited Corpus Christi Church as part of his site visits of Pauline parishes in the U.S. Province. Parishiners of Corpus Christi welcomed Fr. General during the Mass for All Souls on November 2. After Mass, Fr. General blessed a painting of the Divine Mercy, which will be installed in the monastery at Corpus Christi. Accompanying Fr. General Arnold Chrapkowski was Fr. Michał Lukoszek, Vicar General of the Pauline Order.

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03/29/2015 Bulletin and Announcement on Corpus Christi and Saint Stan’s

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Announcement read at Corpus Christi and Saint Stan’s Churches Masses this past weekend.

The Diocese of Buffalo has announced that the Pauline Fathers (the Order of St. Paul the Hermit) will take over the leadership of St. Stanislaus Parish, 123 Townsend St., Buffalo, effective April 12, Divine Mercy Sunday.

In a statement from the Diocese released on Palm Sunday, Bishop Richard Malone stated: “The Pauline Fathers expressed an interest in expanding their ministry in the diocese. After lengthy conversations and prayer, we arrived at the consensus that this was a natural fit. The order has a keen understanding of and respect for the longstanding Polish heritage and traditions of St. Stanislaus. I am confident they will work tirelessly to meet the ministerial needs of the parish and the community.”

St. Stanislaus pastor Father Thaddeus Bocianowski has been named temporary administrator of St. Padre Pio Parish in Oakfield, effective April. 12.

The Pauline Fathers took pastoral responsibility for Corpus Christi Parish in Buffalo in 2004. The monastic community established by the order will continue to reside at that parish, which is located at Clark and Kent streets. Father Mariusz Dymek, OSPPE, current pastor of Corpus Christi, will become pastor of St. Stanislaus. Father Michael Czyzewski, OSPPE, will become administrator of Corpus Christi.

The Order of St. Paul the Hermit was founded in Hungary during the 13th century. The monastic order spread throughout Hungary, Poland, Croatia, Austria and Bavaria, and sent its first priests to the United States in the 1950s.

While Corpus Christi is a Pauline parish, St. Stanislaus will continue as an independent parish of the Diocese of Buffalo.