So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?” And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. — Luke 24:28-36
On the opening of your Parish home and your Catholic presence in North Java, New York. The former St. Nicholas Parish church, established in 1891, was closed by the R.C. Diocese of Buffalo in 2008. The Roman Catholic Diocese sold the church, along with its land and buildings, including a school and convent, to the people of Holy Family Parish.
In the PNCC, the faithful of the Church hold title to, and fully own their land, buildings, and parish possessions, democratically managing and controlling them.
From the Arcade Herald: North Java church reopens
The Holy Family Parish National Catholic Church in North Java held a service Saturday, June 11, to officially re-open the doors of the church. Empty for two years, the original church was closed as part of the [Roman] Catholic Diocese’s Journey in Faith and Grace downsizing effort, and was recently purchased by the Holy Polish [National] Catholic Church. Parishioners and clergy gathered at the entrance of the building to begin a service in which the church building was blessed and dedicated.
Bishop Thaddeus Peplowski came from Buffalo to conduct the Dedication Mass. A number of parishioners from Peplowski’s church also attended to worship and celebrate, along with about 40 people that had attended the church in North Java on the two previous Sundays. Before the building was purchased, North Java parishioners were meeting at the fire hall for their Mass.
The church will hold Sunday Mass at 10:00 a.m. each week. As it grows and becomes more organized, the parish committee hopes to expand the number of services. The building itself still requires some repair work, and the committee is making plans to move forward with that to make it more suitable for worship.
After the mass on Saturday, the people met outside behind the church building for a picnic reception.
DWIFF has Home Run with Tech Fair
By Maciej Szczepanski
As part of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, Chuck Cirgenski and Raymond Rolak will be presenting at the industry Tech-Fair on the campus of Wayne State University. On Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 11:30-4:00 PM in Prentice Hall a host of film community speakers will educate on current trends and cinema techniques.
Tech-Fair coordinator Frank Collins emphasized that this was the highlight of last years Film Festival. He added, “We have a great line-up willing to share their unique skills, abilities and knowhow with the attendees. The presenters bring to light the best of cinema education and networking.”
Rolak, who played baseball at Wayne State, has been a broadcast producer and involved in several sports docu-dramas. He will present at 11:30 AM on the importance of ‘Wardrobe Catalogue and Conservation’. Cirgenski, who commutes between New York and Hamtramck, will speak at 1:00 PM on the ‘Nuts and Bolts of Producing’. The Tech-Fair is free with pre-registration.
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. — John 6:53-56