News and Events

Camp PEACEPRINTS 2010.  The SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence and the WNY Peace Center jointly held the 3rd Annual Camp PEACEPRINTS for youth ages 8-13 from July 12-23, 2010. Read a report and see pictures.

April 9-11, 2010. Summit for Nonviolence. The SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence and our coalition partners held a 3-day Summit for Nonviolence.   Read more.

7-30-09 Kids at Camp Peaceprints Send Message to City Hall.  WBFO did a story on the camp with video footage of part of Camp Peaceprints' visit with Mayor Brown. They proved themselves to be both sharp
and insightful young activists.

"An Ounce of Bounce: Celebrating Sister Karen the Clown" was held Sunday April 19, 2009

"Fridays with Sister Karen"
Article by Matthew Smith, Coordinator of The Buffalo Catholic Worker.
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November 2008.  The Good Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center of the Niagara Frontier awarded the Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence the 2008 Good Samaritan Award.  Members and associates of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Associates joined Vivian Waltz for a delightful evening at the extravagant Salvatore’s Italian Garden Restaurant in all its holiday finery!

On April 13, 2008 Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, came to Buffalo for Sister Karen Klimczak's Memorial Service. Students from the Buffalo School for Visual and Performing Arts performed the play "Dead Man Walking." 
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February 2007 marked the opening of the Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence.  Read the article in Buffalo Rising