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 “

Welcoming the stranger: Statement on Immigration 2025

Pax Christi Metro New York, a committed group of activists representing the Catholic peace movement, follows the teaching of Jesus and the Catholic Social Teaching that arises from the clear guidance that Jesus gave us, including his admonition in Matthew 25 that we welcome the stranger. As a devout Jew, Jesus knew well the commandContinue reading “Welcoming the stranger: Statement on Immigration 2025”

Nominate a Young Peacebuilder for 2025!

Pax Christi Metro New York invites Catholic High Schools in the Archdiocese of NY and Brooklyn Diocese to celebrate young peacebuilders. The Maloof Family Young Peacebuilder Award recognizes and encourages high school students engaged in peace-promoting activities, enhancing awareness of their contributions, inspired by the Maloof family’s support. Nominations are now open.

A Mass for Creation

A Mass for Creation
Wednesday, September 25th at 6:30 PM

Presider: Fr. James DiLuzio, CSP, Director of Ecumenical-Multifaith Relations

Followed by Refreshments & Conversation

Hosted by Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

Special guests:
Fr. Brian E. McWeeney, Archdiocese of NY &
Fr. Benedict Ayodi, OFM Cap, Laudato Si’ Movement
This Mass is in observance of the 2024 Season of Creation by The Archdiocese of New York, Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement and Saint Paul the Apostle Church.