Social Justice Updates

Are you ready to make a life-changing difference for a promising student in Africa? Future in Our Hands USA (FIOH USA) is a small, grassroots organization founded over 20 years ago by St. Joseph University Parish parishioner, Sr. Linda Glaeser,…

Once again, St. Joseph University Parish was proudly represented at the Buffalo United “No Kings” Rally, held on Saturday, October 18 in Niagara Square. Our parish community continues to live out our call to faith in action—standing together for justice,…

On October 12th, we had our first session of "Reflection and Action for Catholic Social Justice." During it, we heard a brief history of Catholic Social Teaching, including the role of Vatican II and papal encyclicals (long letters written by…

Join St. Joseph University Parish and community partners for Journey to Justice, a powerful statewide campaign to end solitary confinement in New York. The “Transformation Bus” will be in Buffalo on October 20, 2025, hosted at Elim Christian Fellowship Church…

Scenes from “A Conversation with author T.R. Sherlock - A Song for Kalen: Lessons Learned From the Life and Death of My Son” presented by our Gun Violence Awareness Committee, October 9th, in the Ledwon Community Room. A very powerful…

Join the St. Joe’s Social Justice Committee for “Reflection and Action for Catholic Social Justice” on October 12, 2025, 12:45p-1:45p, in the St. Joe’s Community Room. Snacks provided. We are living in troubling and despairing times. Do you wonder what…

The Racial Justice and Solidarity Committee would like to thank Pete Hill and his team at Native American Community Services for the Witness to InJustice Blanket Exercise they led on September 15 at St. Joe’s Ledwon Community Room. We had 65 people…

✊ No Kings: A Call for Justice and Unity Join the St. Joe’s Care for Creation and Social Justice Committees as we stand in solidarity for peace, justice, and the dignity of all people. 📍 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY🗓️ Saturday,…

DO YOU REMEMBER?  In 2015, Pope Francis wrote his landmark encyclical, LAUDATO SI’, On Care for Our Common Home.   The Pope, remembering the Canticle of the Creatures by St. Francis of Assisi,  wrote:  …. “Our common home is like a…