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St. Adalbert Basilica and the Am-Pol Eagle Newspaper are celebrating the Feast of St. Adalbert and commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Poland's Independence!

Soprano Ms. Brittany Mruczek will begin at 5 pm, with mass beginning at 5:30. Brittany will be singing at the mass as well.

Our celebrant is Rev. Michael H. Burzynski.

Following the mass the Am-Pol Eagle will pay tribute to the Blue Army of World War I and the Polish Army Veterans of World War II with a program and exhibit. A light reception will follow.

Please join us for this very special evening of mass and celebration!

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The Feast of St. Adalbert will celebrated with a Mass on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 5:30 PM at St. Adalbert Basilica. The Am-Pol Eagle will also honor its 2016 Citizens of the Year after the Mass.

This is a great opportunity to worship at St. Adalbert Basilica. The church is only open for Mass a handful of times of year. It's also a great opportunity to show support for the Am-Pol Eagle newspaper and the people in the community they are honoring with their annual awards. We are happy to host their awards.

Refreshments & Coffee provided by St. Adalbert/St. John Kanty parish community.

The honorees are: Business – Ru's Pierogi; Community Leader (non-Pole) – Stratton Rawson; Culture – Marion Pockalny; Education – Przemyslaw (P.J.) Moskal, Ph.D.; Heritage – Barbara Ruppert; Individual in Organizations – Christine Kibler; Media – Paula Witherell; Military/Veterans – Ted Kniazuk; Music – Kathleen Pawlak; Religion – Sister Christine Songin; Youth – Elizabeth Kubiniec; and Special Recognition – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

The basilica is located at 212 Stanislaus Street. Click here for directions--->

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The Feast of St. Adalbert will celebrated with a Mass on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 5:30 PM at St. Adalbert Basilica. The Am-Pol Eagle will also honor its 2015 Citizens of the Year at the Mass. There will be refreshments afterward in the back of the church.

This is a great opportunity to worship at St. Adalbert Basilica. The church is only open for Mass a handful of times of year. It's also a great opportunity to show support for the Am-Pol Eagle newspaper and the people in the community they are honoring with their annual awards. We are happy to host their awards.

The basilica is located at 212 Stanislaus Street. Click here for directions--->

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Thank you to the AM-POL Eagle and to everyone who came to our Mass on the Feast of Saint Adalbert!

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Saint Adalbert Basilica will be hosting a special Mass this weekend celebrating the Feast Day of its namesake and honoring the 2013 Am-Pol Eagle citizens of the year award recipients.

The Mass starts at 5:30pm and will be celebrated by Bishop Edward Grosz.

Refreshments will be served afterward.

http://saintadalbertbasilica.org/

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Saint Adalbert Basilica

Saint Adalbert Basilica will have a Feast Day Mass for its patron saint along with the Am-Pol Eagle's Citizens of the Year award presentations on Saturday, 04/27 at 5:30 at the basilica.

The Mass will also be highlighted by the singing of Brittany Mruczek.

http://saintadalbertbasilica.org

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The spirit, prayers and faith of the parishioners and friends of St. Adalbert Basilica was evident on Sun., Sept. 18 during the celebration of the parish’s 125th anniversary. The faithful focused on the “beauty” of the service and the recollection of the long history of the East Side parish.

Afterwards over 300 people attended a reception at Millennium Airport, Cheektowaga. There they were greeted with an exhibit of old class photos and historic pictures from the parish’s past.

Lori Dinero, a parish trustee, said "It was beautiful. What was beautiful about it was the focus on love and faith the people of St. Adalbert have had through the years. And, it was a celebration of that.”

William and Alfreda Wasik, former parishioners married 70 years, attended the event. Their two children attended school at St. Adalbert's.

Alfreda said of the anniversary Mass, “It was very beautiful, very sweet. The Chopin choir sang very beautifully. It's a shame it's going to close.” Alfreda was a member of the Mother's Club and remembers the nuns as being “very nice.”

William said the anniversary celebration was "well planned." He was a member of the Holy Name Society and was active in Boy Scouts at the parish. He remembered all the societies being very active. He also recalled Fr. Joseph Bialek as being "very helpful, active, and pleasant.” And, he added, "He was very outspoken."

Irene Kupinski, an active parishioner, said, "The service was just beautiful and I think God heard us. He gave us a last hurrah."

Her connection with the parish goes back to her grandmother who settled on Rother St. when there was just a wooden church at the site. She noted that a century ago her grandmother was there at the beginning of the parish and a century later she was there fighting to keep it open.

Read full story at AM-POL Eagle--->

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Dear Bishop Kmiec,

One hundred and forty years ago, my grandparents arrived from Poland, and immediately became parishioners of St. Adalbert’s Church. This church provided them with the security and comfort they needed in adjusting to their new homeland. Illiterate and poor, with a large family to support, they sacrificed to give to the church. They were no different from other parishioners at the time. The church took priority over the basic needs of their own family and children. If alive today, they would be shocked and unbelieving that, despite the wishes of current parishioners, the church hierarchy, represented in this instance by you, Bishop Kmiec, is determined to close St. Adalbert’s Basilica.

The church edifice was built by the people, by its parishioners. Many felt it belonged to them since it was their sweat and their talents and their money that built it. The Catholic hierarchy did not agree; it was the issue of ownership of the church property, not religious differences that historically resulted in the creation of the Polish National Church.

Yes, I have heard all the excuses for closing churches, shortage of priests, shrinking Catholic population, changing neighborhoods, shortage of money, etc. None of these are valid reasons for closing this basilica, or any of the beautiful, ethnic and historic churches in the area. Change is normal. The issue is not to react by consolidating or closing churches or converting them to oratories, but to evaluate what can be done to find solutions. All the above have answers if one takes the time and has the courage to act on these.

A church binds the community. It is the heart and center of the life of that community. When it is closed, or destroyed, as has happened in too many cases to date, it impacts upon the viability of the neighborhood. It also discourages Catholics from continuing their membership in and attendance at a Catholic Church. Why? Numerous reasons among them, difficulty in getting to another church, a feeling that their church has let them down, recognition that if the church hierarchy is not committed to serving them, the Catholic religion cannot be that important, even anger.

Read full letter on AM-POL Eagle—>