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Our Lady of Christians began as a shrine in 1851, fulfilling a vow Joseph Batt had made during an Atlantic storm in November 1836. Batt, a German immigrant, donated the land and built the shrine. In October 1890, the church became the first parish in Cheektowaga.
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Cheektowaga, New York · United States
