The Art & History Crawl: A Peek into Buffalo’s History through Stained Glass takes place Sunday, Aug. 10
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Calling all art and architecture enthusiasts, history buffs, stained glass aficionados, pub crawlers, and Everything-Buffalo-Lovers: here’s an opportunity to “church crawl” through five amazing sacred spaces that are filled with incredible stained glass. The Downtown Family of Parishes and Explore Buffalo are sponsoring this epic adventure on Aug. 10.
The five participating churches include Blessed Sacrament, the oratory of St. Anthony of Padua, St. Joseph Cathedral, St. Louis and St. Michael. The churches will offer a total of 15 different tour slots that begin at 11:30 a.m. and conclude at 6:30 p.m.
Each tour will last 45 minutes. There is ample time between tours for participants to travel to the next site of their choosing. Travel can be done by foot, car or rail throughout the downtown area. The tours are staggered so that different churches will be offering tours at different times making it possible for you to experience all five stained glass window collections in the participating churches.
The tour schedule follows:
Blessed Sacrament Church (in the Elmwood Village): five tours
• 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• 1:00-1:45 p.m.
• 2:30-3:15 p.m.
• 4:00-4:45 p.m.
• 4:45-5:30 p.m.
Oratory of St. Anthony of Padua (in the Civic District): two tours
• 2:00-2:45 p.m.
• 3:30-4:15 p.m.
St. Joseph Cathedral (in the Harbor District): two tours and one organ concert:
• 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
• 1:00-1:45 p.m.
• 2:30 p.m.: organ concert
St. Louis Church (in Allentown): three tours
• 12:30-1:15 p.m.
• 2:00-2:45 p.m.
• 3:30-4:15 p.m.
St. Michael Church (in the Theatre District): three tours
- 1:30-2:15 p.m.
- 3:00-3:45 p.m.
- 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Tour maps are available at all five participating churches.
All are invited to this free event, donations appreciated. There is no registration for these tours. Simply show up and enjoy the tour.
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover the beauty of these stained-glass treasures in downtown Buffalo’s sacred spaces. Learn how the early parishioners built these amazing architectural structures that became a place of worship for a variety of ethnic communities.
For additional information contact Michael@thepitekgroup.com.
