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PRESERVATION FUND
DONATIONS
(Total receipts $174,575;
total expenses $114,477.58)
$4000 – Estate of Alfred
Luczak
$3301 – Anonymous
$1000 – In Memory of Valentine
& Cecilia Adamczyk
(Daughter La Verne Adamczyk)
$900 – Estate of Ann Hochul
$500 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk (Karen Piersa-Demblewski)
$380 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk
$305 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk (Bystryk Family)
$200 – Deceased Members of
Pawlowski Family
(Maryann Johnson)
$190 – In Memory of John F.
Bulakowski
$120 – In Memory of Richard
Paryz
$100 – In Memory of Fr. Dan
Pokornowski
$100 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk
(Mental Health Association in
Niagara County, Inc.)
$50 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk (Christopher Sajecki)
$20 – In Memory of Mary
Kaczmarowski
(Nancy & Paul Karaszewski)
$15 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk (Joanne Sikora)
$10 – In Memory of Irene
Bystryk (M Patricia Hartmayer)
$100
was presented to our parish from an anonymous donor in
Lackawanna. The donor wrote the following: “Thanksgiving to
my dear Saint Anthony for answering all my petitions and
blessing me and my husband with good health and special
favors.”
Our approaching 90th anniversary
is a time to try to repair and renovate as much as possible
in keeping with the proud reputation this parish has always
had of maintaining its property. Among some of the numerous
repairs and renovations that have already been made are:
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Repair of the gym roof
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Repair of the convent roof
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Renovation of the convent chapel for daily
Masses during the heating season
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Pointing of sections of the church and
convent
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Installation of a new floor in the church
vestibule
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New carpeting for the Our Lady of Czestochowa
Chapel
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New carpeting for the steps going to the
choir loft
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New floor for the rectory meeting room
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Painting of the exterior trim of the church
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Renovation and painting of the school Marian
Room.
Other repairs and renovations that are planned for the near
future include:
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Replacement of front church doors
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Major repairs of sections of church roof
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Renovation and painting of the school
cafeteria
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New school roof
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New church roof
These projects
are numerous and will require funding that we don’t have.
But still we need to do everything we can – within our means
- to maintain and improve the parish buildings that have
been built for us years ago by generations who made greater
sacrifices for this parish than most of us will ever have to
make. It is for this purpose that we have established the
“St. John Gualbert Preservation Fund” to help preserve the
buildings of our parish property.
The
Preservation Fund is also a way for people to contribute in
the form of memorials from funerals. Obituaries in the
newspaper often include suggested memorials that can be made
to a charitable organization. In the obituary you may put
the following notification: “Memorials may be made to the
St. John Gualbert Preservation Fund.”
Also, a
parishioner or friend can consider remembering St. John
Gualbert in their will – no matter how large or small.
Please consider a bequest to the Preservation Fund, which
will enable us to make necessary repairs and thus preserve
our buildings.
The Preservation
Fund enables us to meet the challenges that face us
as we continue to work together to preserve what was built
by poor immigrants whose means were much more limited than
ours today, in a day and age when families were large and
were supported by the income of one worker. They did it
because they loved their faith and the parish was the center
of their lives. Thank you for considering the need to
preserve and maintain that which has been handed on to us
from the sacrifices of others. May Our Lady of Czêstochowa
keep you in her
maternal protection and may the hand of God, our heavenly
Father, abundantly bless you!
Rev. David W.
Bialkowski
Pastor
To make a donation to the St. John Gualbert Preservation
Fund
Send Check Payable to:
St. John Gualbert Preservation Fund
83 Gualbert Ave.
Cheektowaga, NY 14211
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