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WNY Catholics grieve at church closings
By Jay TokaszNEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/26/07 9:16 AM
The Kilgen pipe organ thundered for the last time. A rendition of “Ave Maria” echoed gloriously among the decorative oak rafters. A haze of incense hung over the pews.
And 83-year-old Florence Maziarz was reduced to tears during the closing Mass in Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Genesee Street — one of five Catholic parishes holding final liturgies Sunday.
“People’s hearts are broken,” she said. “When they sang ‘Ave Maria’ in church today, I cried like a baby.”
Full story: buffalonews.com/home/story/214975.html
By Jay TokaszNEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/26/07 9:16 AM
The Kilgen pipe organ thundered for the last time. A rendition of “Ave Maria” echoed gloriously among the decorative oak rafters. A haze of incense hung over the pews.
And 83-year-old Florence Maziarz was reduced to tears during the closing Mass in Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Genesee Street — one of five Catholic parishes holding final liturgies Sunday.
“People’s hearts are broken,” she said. “When they sang ‘Ave Maria’ in church today, I cried like a baby.”
Full story: buffalonews.com/home/story/214975.html