Canisius University will welcome Rev. Bryan N. Massingale, STD, to campus on Saturday, May 13, at 7 pm in the Montante Cultural Center.
Renowned as the world’s leading Catholic social ethicist, Father Massingale is the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University and Senior Fellow at the institution’s Center for Ethics Education. His talk is held under the auspices of the college’s William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series and is free and open to the public.
The event is presented as part of the city’s “May 14 Remembrance Weekend: Reflection, Healing & Hope,” formed by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to honor and memorialize the lives lost, and support and pray for all those impacted by the racially-motivated shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets store on the East Side of Buffalo.
Earlier on Saturday, May 13, “Turning Trauma into Triumph,” coordinated by Canisius alumna Zeneta Everhart ’11, director of Diversity & Inclusion for New York State Senator Tim Kennedy and a member of the 5/14 Remembrance Committee, will be held on the Canisius campus.
The day-long event includes conference sessions, a reading by Poet Jillian Hanesworth, a musical performance by Drea Dnur, African drummers and more.