by Spencer Liechty | Oct 31, 2025 | Staff
Faculty and staff are invited to attend a presentation on the University’s Mission, led by Assistant Vice President for Mission Integration Spencer Liechty. Topics to be discussed include the personnel, function and activities of the Office of Mission and Ministry, the Jesuits USA East Apostolic Plan and Universal Apostolic Preferences, and the upcoming Mission Priority Examen.
The Mission Forum will take place on Monday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m. in Grupp Fireside Lounge.
Hope to see you there!
by Spencer Liechty | Sep 30, 2025 | Staff
The Office of Mission and Ministry, together with the Borders and Migrations Initiative, is honored to host a panel featuring Iñigo Casares Pérez, Education Coordinator of the Kino Border Initiative, along with two students who recently returned from the border service immersion trip led by Dr. Reitsma. The discussion will explore the political context of the borderlands, the lived realities of migrants, and ways we can respond within our own communities to accompany them.
Location: Grupp, 2nd floor Student Center
Time: Monday, Oct. 6 from 5 to 6 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Questions: Please contact Spencer Liechty (liechtys@canisius.edu) or Dr. Richard Reitsma (reitsmar@canisius.edu).
by Spencer Liechty | Apr 29, 2025 | Staff
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
by Spencer Liechty | Mar 28, 2025 | Staff
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
by Spencer Liechty | Mar 28, 2025 | Staff
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
