Mark your calendar for an opportunity for our campus community to come together and reflect on the spring semester. Wednesday May 7th at 4:00pm in Regis join faculty and staff for an End of Semester Ignatian Examen. This is an opportunity for a guided reflection on consolations and desolations of the semester in the spirit of our Ignatian heritage. All faculty and staff are invited to participate.
Submitted by: Spencer Liechty, AVP for Mission Integration
Join students, faculty, and staff together for our last Canisius Conversation of the semester this Thursday, April 3, from 4-5 p.m. in the Library Learning Center. This month, we will have Canisius alum Danessia Scott-Warren facilitate a conversation on how to engage with people who are different from you in a respectful way. All are invited and encouraged to take part in this community dialogue space.
Submitted by: Spencer Liechty, AVP for Mission Integration
Join members from across the Buffalo community for an event to encourage public awareness and discussion of realities facing asylum seekers and refugee communities at the U.S. borders and in Western New York.
There will be a viewing of a new, 30-minute documentary with voices from the southern border, “Running to Stand Still: Migrants Search for Hope in the Promised Land,” followed by a community forum with the filmmaker, local resettlement agencies and activist organizations. The primary goal for this event is to provide a deeper understanding of practical and moral issues around migration and asylum.
Montante Cultural Center at Canisius University on Saturday, April 5, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Submitted by: Spencer Liechty, AVP for Mission Integration
Join students, faculty and staff for our monthly Canisius Conversation series this Thursday, March 6, from 4-5 p.m. in the Library Learning Center. Our topic will continue to be recent federal executive actions. We will discuss the differences between executive orders and legislation and ask, how should change occur in the United States?
The purpose of the Canisius Conversations series is to create space for faculty, staff and students to come together and discuss important issues that affect our community in a constructive respectful way. All are encouraged to take part in this community dialogue space.
Submitted by: Spencer Liechty, Assistant Vice President for Mission Integration
This Friday, Feb. 28, at 12:45 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel there will be a short prayer vigil for the health of Pope Francis. All are welcome to join as our community comes together to offer prayers of hope for the pope’s recovery, sorrow for his suffering, and gratitude for his efforts to steer the Catholic Church in new directions.
Submitted by: Spencer Liechty, Assistant Vice President for Mission Integration
