The Buffalo Religious Arts Center





















Weekly Architectural Tours of
Saint Francis Xavier Church:

- Saturdays at 12 noon
- Sundays at 1pm

Tours are docent led and cost $8
See the Religious Arts Center as
it undergoes conversion into
Xavier Hall




























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Come join us in our effort to
create a space that preserves
and celebrates the religious art of
the immigrant, ethnic heritage of
Buffalo.
Upcoming Events
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News

Reminder - Rediscover Amherst Street Festival this
Saturday!

    June 19th, 2009 - Don't forget! Tomorrow is the Rediscover
    Amherst Street Festival, with tons of music, food, events and
    fun for the whole family. Buffalo Rising did a great article
    here, listing all the events. At the Buffalo Religious Arts
    Center, we will be doing quick low cost tours of the site, and
    selling desks from the school for extremely reasonable
    prices. Stop by and visit the former St. Francis Xavier Church,
    and our growing collection.



The Windows of St. Joseph's
    June 17th, 2009 - Jay Tokaz had a great piece in today's
    Buffalo News about the beautiful windows of St. Joseph
    Church in North Tonawanda, and their fate after the church
    closed. Fortunately, all of the windows went to great uses, in
    Buffalo, and overseas.

    The main recipient of the windows is the Jesus de Riscate
    Shrine in Nicaragua, a country with so few art glass windows
    that most of the shrine's visitors have probably never seen
    one. The windows depict a number of events in the life a
    Jesus, making them very appropriate for such a location.
    Other local recipients are a mausoleum in Niagara Falls, and
    a Catholic grade school in North Tonawanda.

    The Buffalo Religious Arts Center is proud to be home to four
    of the windows, that have particular significance to Western
    New York. They are Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (pictured
    here), a Mohawk woman who lived in Central New York in the
    seventeenth century, St. Maxmillian Kolbe, who was killed
    Auschwitz, St. Joseph holding a small model of the North
    Tonawanda church, and a rendering of a former bishop of
    Buffalo. These windows are not on display now because
    while we received sufficient donations to purchase the
    windows, we are still raising money to display them properly.
    Please contact us at 957-9251, if you wish to Adopt one of the
    windows, and help us put it back on view in Western New
    York.




Buffalo Tours Partnership Starts This Saturday

    June 4th, 2009 - Another great way to visit the Religious Arts Center
    starts up this weekend, as we begin our partnership with Buffalo
    Tours by co-sponosring the Neighborhood Tour of Black Rock. The
    tour starts at 10:00am, this Saturday the 6th of June, and meets at
    the corner of Niagara and Amherst Streets, just two blocks from the
    Religious Arts Center. The $10 cost covers not only a walking tour of
    the neighborhood, but entrance into the Religious Arts Center and a
    mini-tour of the former St. Francis Xavier Church. Hope to see you
    there!
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Rediscover Amherst Street Festival June 20th

    May 23rd, 2009 - The latest edition of Rediscover Amherst Street, the
    festival that celebrates the people and businesses of Black Rock
    that make it such a vibrant community, will be Saturday June 20th.
    There are events up and down Amherst Street, including a parade,
    live music, food and drink specials, and arts displays. The Buffalo
    Religious Arts Center is getting involved by have a desk sale. That's
    right, we're selling off the desks of the former school for cheap, and
    hoping they go to a number of good causes and places that can use
    them. In addition, we'll be giving discount $5 tours of the former St
    Francis Xavier Church, and talking about our ongoing projects. Make
    your plans now to Rediscover Amherst Street on June 20th.


New Website Unveiled

    May 20th, 2009 - We've been working on it for months, and today we
    are pleased to unveil our new website. It should load faster, be
    easier to read, have crisper layouts, and generally be much more
    user friendly. Please check it out, look at some new pages and
    information, and let us know if there are any bugs. And don't worry -
    we've kept the archives intact, so all the old stories and information
    is still there.

    Thanks for the website goes to one person: our intern for the Spring
    Semester, Nicole Crapez. Besides doing marketing researching,
    designing new promotional materials, and researching grants,
    Nicole also found time to redo our website. We are extremely grateful
    to her, and can't say enough good things about the job she did for
    us. Thank you Nicole!


Don't Forget - WNY Chorale Concert on Sunday  

    May 15th, 2009 - Don't forget that the concert of great choral music is
    this Sunday, May 17th, at 3:30pm at the former Saint Francis Xavier
    Church. Tickets are $10 ($7 for seniors and students), and can be
    purchased at the door. Come hear fantastic music in the magnificent
    space that it was meant to be sung in. See you there.




Great Clean Up Last Week  

    May 10th, 2009 - Thank you to all our volunteers that
    came out to help clean up the center, and get it ready
    for tour groups. The nave, pews, altars and artifacts
    look great. A special thank you to Joyce DiChristina,
    our volunteer coordinator. We can't put on these
    events without her!

    And don't forget, we're open each Saturday and
    Sunday now for tours, plus other special events,
    including the WNY Chorale concert this coming
    Sunday at 3:30pm.




Reminder: Tours Start Tomorrow

    May 1st, 2009 - Don't forget: the 2009 tour season at the
    Religious Arts Center starts tomorrow. Architectural tours of
    the former St. Francis Xavier Church, and growing collection
    of the Buffalo Religious Arts Center, are Saturdays at 12:00,
    and Sunday at 1:00pm. Admission is $8, with Member's
    getting their first tour free. Hope to see you there!

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