This beautiful book celebrates the life of Sister Karen Klimczak, SSJ, and helps us cherish the memory of this passionate champion of nonviolence, who dedicated her life to providing sanctuary and hope to ex-offenders. The biographies, stories, essays, interviews, poetry, art, and photographs that grace this book are voices of the community expressing how Buffalo's Ambassador of Peace touched their lives. Vignettes are interspersed with entries from Sister Karen’s own journals and observations that express hope and forgiveness. The Emmy-nominated DVD, Apostle of Peace, produced by Daybreak TV Productions, is enclosed in each book. This moving half-hour tribute to Sister Karen that aired a year after her death includes interviews with some of the people closest to her, along with archival footage of Sister Karen herself. For those who knew Sister Karen, the book and DVD are a beautiful way to remember her. For those who were not privileged to meet her before her untimely death in April, 2006, they offer a way to understand her mission and ministry and become an inspiration to continue her work. Resources and questions based on the themes in the book are provided for individual and group reflection and discussion.

Includes index.