Greetings from Pastor
We cordially welcome to the Mother Church of Polonia in Buffalo - Saint Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish.
O Lord, We lift our eyes to see your glory. We open our hearts to receive your love. We engage our minds to understand your truths. We offer our songs to praise your name. Lord, as we give you our lives, please take everything that we are, so that we may reveal your blessings in our Parish.
We have a lot of activities both spiritually and socially
for parishioners of all ages.
Come join us!
Introduce yourself after Mass to The Pastor
or stop by or call the rectory during the week.
The feast day of St. Blaise of Sebaste is on February 3. The sacramental blessing of throats will take place at St. Stanislaus Church during the Masses celebrated on Saturday, February 4, 2023, at 4:00 pm (English) and Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 12:00 Noon (Polish). The blessing invokes the intercession of St. Blaise to protect the recipient from every disease of the throat and every other illness.
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On Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 6:00 pm at St. Stanislaus Church, Mass will be celebrated in Polish and English for the Presentation of Our Lord and the Purification of Mary. This day is referred to as Candlemas Day. It is the Feast of the Holy Mother of the Thunder Candle (Święto Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej). Bring your gromnica (candle) to church for blessing and use your candle to protect you from storms. It serves as a reminder that Jesus is the light of the world.
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Get creative. Learn to design your own Polish Pottery at the Pottery & Pączki Event on Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 pm at St. Stanislaus Social Hall. Cost, which includes all supplies and Pączki, is $30 per person. Registration is open until February 15.
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Showing of the Film – Revenge or Forgiveness – has been cancelled for Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 12:00 Noon in the Marian Hall.
This film tells the story of lieutenant Stefan Wyszynski (Ksawery Szlenkier) - the future Primate of Poland, unknown to a wider audience. It is 1944, in the heat of war, we meet a young priest Wyszynski, who has recently been appointed chaplain of the branch in the Kampinos Forest. It is also active in the insurgent hospital. Everyone knows him there under the pseudonym "Radwan III". The reality of the war is for Fr. Wyszynski, a forge of character, a fight for hope and love, especially against enemies. How are we to forgive in everyday warfare? The hero asks, turning to the Source of his vocation.
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Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00pm
Sunday Masses: 8:30am, 12:00pm (Polish)/p>
8:00am everyday followed by Rosary
With access to the adjacent parish school building's large gym, our Social Hall and Marian Hall, Saint Stanislaus is always ready to offer various community social and religious activities for all ages.
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"God wills that all his gifts should come to us through Mary" (St. Bernard)
It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was burning, as is the custom in that holy city. There, these fresh young voices sang the Litany of our Lady. The next day, the little group, followed by other children, again gathered at the feet of the Mother of God. Next came their mothers, to join the little assembly. Soon, other groups were formed, and the devotion rapidly became popular. Holy souls, troubled by the disorderly conduct which always increases and becomes graver at the return of the pleasant springtime, saw in these growing practices the hand of God, and they cooperated with the designs of Providence by approving and promoting this new devotion, as a public and solemn act of reparation. The Month of Mary was founded.
"This is the month in which, in the churches and individual homes, the most affectionate and fervent homage of prayers and devotions from the hearts of Christians are raised to Mary. It is also the month in which from his throne descend upon us the most generous and abundant gifts of the Divine Mercy."
In our own times, we Catholics, wanting to be close to her always, offer her special presents in May: pilgrimages, visits to churches dedicated to her, little sacrifices in her honor, periods of study and well-finished work offered up to her, and a more attentive recitation of the rosary.
