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Wielki Czwartek
(Holy Thursday)
I n the Chr i s t ian calendar , Holy Thursday or Maundy
Thursday i s the feast or hol y day on the Thursday
before Easte r that commemorates the Last Supper
of Jesus Chr i s t w i th the Apostl es . I t i s p receded by
Hol y Wednesday and fol lowed by Good Fr i day.
On thi s day four events are commemorated: the
washing of the Di sciples ' feet by Jesus Chr i s t , the
ins t i tu t i on of the Mystery of the Holy Euchar i s t at
the Last Supper , the agony of Chr i s t i n the Garden
of Gethsemane, the betrayal of Chr i s t by Judas
I scar iot .
The morning celebrati on of these events marks the
beginning of what i s cal led the Easte r T r iduum or
Sacred T r iduum. The Latin word t r i duum means a
th ree-day per iod, and the t r i duum i n quest i on i s
that of the th ree days f rom the death to the resur -
rect i on of Jesus . I t should be noted that fo r Jesus
and hi s fo l lowers a day ended, and a new day be-
gan, at sunset, not at midni ght, as i t s t i l l does to-
day in the modern Jew i sh calendar .
The Last Supper was held at what present -day
Western c i v i l i zati on considers to be the evening of
Hol y Thursday but what was then considered to be
the f i r s t hours of F r i day. I ts annual commemorati on
thus begins the th ree -day per i od or t r i duum of
Good Fr i day, Holy Saturday and Easte r Sunday,
days of special devot ion that cel ebrate as a s ingle
act i on the death and resur rect ion of Chr i s t , the
central events of Chr i s t i ani ty .
The t radi t i on of v i s i t ing seven churches on Hol y
Thursday i s an ancient pract i ce, p robably or iginat-
ing in Rome.
One Night and Seven Churches
Broadway-Fillmore/Polonia & Kaisertown
Holy Thursday
April 13th, 2017
St. Stanislaus, Corpus Christi,
St. Adalbert Basilica, St. John Kanty,
St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy,
St. Casimir and St. Bernard Churches
For the e leventh year in a row on Holy Thursday,
BFA has put together a se l f -guided tour of seven
h i s to r ic churches in the B roadway -F i l lmore/Po lonia
and Ka iser to wn ne ighborhoods area par tak ing in
the t rad i t iona l v i s i ta t i on o f the B les sed Sacrament
on th i s ho ly n ight.
The v i s i ta t ion per iod genera l l y begins a f ter Ho ly
Thur sday Mass and the churches remain open t i l l
between 10 and 11pm.
The Seven Churches :
St . S tan i s laus - Peckham and F i l lmore
(7pm Mass -V i s i ta t ion unt i l 10pm)
Corpus Chr i s t i -199 Clark S treet
(6pm Mass -V i s i ta t ion unt i l 10pm)
St . John Kanty’ s - B roadway and Swinburne
(7pm Mass -V i s i ta t ion unt i l 11pm)
St . Luke’ s - Sycamore & Mi l le r
(7pm Mass -V i s i ta t ion unt i l 11pm)
St . Adalber t Bas i l ica - 212 S tan is laus S t .
(V i s i ta t ion 5pm -11pm)
St . Cas imi r ’ s - 160 Cable S t .
(7 :00pm Mass -Vi s i ta t ion unt i l Midn ight)
St . Bernard’ s - S . Ogden & Cl in ton
(6 :30pm Mass -Vi s i ta t ion unt i l10 :30PM)
Fo r more in fo rmation, you can cal l 716 .218.0232 or
v i s i t : b roadwayf i l lmorea l ive.o rg
The churches in Buf fa lo’ s her i tage ne ighborhoods
are awe insp i r ing and are deeply rooted in t rad i -
t ion . . . th i s i s a way to exper ience the i r re l ig ious , ar -
t i s t ic and cu l tu ra l beauty .
(Holy Thursday Masses may s t i l l be occur r ing when
you v is i t . . .be respect fu l . )
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