Nonviolent Action Through Ethical Consumption

Dear colleagues: Economic boycotts are a form of nonviolent action we may take to expect positive social change. Economic boycotts are an excellent way to exert peaceful pressure on bad actors. At the same time, and in tandem with boycotts, we also recognize the importance of investing our economic resources in the livelihood of peoplesContinue reading “Nonviolent Action Through Ethical Consumption”

Peacemaking through the Arts: Reap What You Sow, Don’t Lose Heart  

Pax Christi Metro New York presents a one-day performance of by PCMNY Peacemaker Jack Gilroy  Reap What You Sow, Don’t Lose Heart; This powerful play explores the inner conflict of a young woman who loves and respects her mother, a career military officer, while struggling with deep disagreements about war and patriotism.  The performance offersContinue reading “Peacemaking through the Arts: Reap What You Sow, Don’t Lose Heart  “

CANDLELIT MEMORIAL SERVICE

Please join us to remember, mourn, and pray for Jean Wilson Brutus (a 41 year old man who killed by ICE at Delaney Hall on Dec. 12 2025), Renee Nicole Good (a 37 year old woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 2026) and all others brutally murdered by ICE. We will communally recite Matins and Vespers of the Office of the Dead dedicated to the victims of ICE followed by a prayer service for those who have been murdered.

43rd Annual Good Friday Way of the Cross

Friday, April 18, 2025

East 47th Street at 1st Avenue 8:30 a.m.  

Join several hundred people in one of the largest public Christian witnesses for peace in New York City. In this, our 43rd year, Pax Christi Metro New York will commemorate Good Friday as a modern-day enactment of the Stations of the Cross, praying for peace and justice on the streets of our city. We remember that throughout our lives, Jesus calls us to active non-violence.

This year our theme is, “In a time of polarization and conflict, how do we follow the path of Jesus?”

Pope Francis: Servant to the Servants of God 

Francis was the Pope the Church needed in this time of growing inequality and overweening arrogance of the powerful. From his initial decision to stay not in the Vatican Palace, but in the House of Saint Martha guest house with other pilgrims to the Holy See, to his continuous outreach to the dispossessed and theContinue reading “Pope Francis: Servant to the Servants of God “