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Protesting Lockheed Martin

On February 14, several members of Pax Christi Metro New York joined other groups in protest outside the Lockheed Martin offices, 420 Lexington Avenue, NYC. At issue was Lockheed Martin’s massive contribution to the production of war materials.

The 41st Annual Way of the Cross

Join several hundred people in one of the largest public Christian peace witnesses in New York City. In this our forty-first 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.
This year our Annual Good Friday Way of the Cross will be an in person event. As we plan this event we seek to know the needs of those who will walk and pray with us.
The Walk will take place in person, from 8:30 am to 12pm on Good Friday, April 7th.

Lecture: Peacebuilding as Cornerstone of Pope Francis’ Vision for the Church

Please join us at Wallace Hall, St Ignatius Parish, Feb 27th from 7-9 pm for PCUSA Bishop-President John Stowe’s lecture entitled Peacebuilding as Cornerstone of Pope Francis Vision for the Church.

Join Pax Christi Committees

Consider joining a committee! Pax Christi Metro New York has three member-run committees: Witness, Education, and Development. The responsibilities of each committee are demanding but rewarding. Find out how to volunteer here.

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Prayer and Public Witness 2022

Pax Christi Metro New York invites you to join in Prayer and Public Witness on the occasion of the 77th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

When:
August 7th, 2022 @ 3:00 PM

Where:
Fr. Demo Square; bounded by Sixth Avenue, Bleecker and Carmine Streets, Manhattan

Pictures of Anti-Nuclear Weapons Exhibit in NYC – 5/22/22

A PCMNY member visited this exhibit in Times Square in the later part of May,2022. Everyday, as a part of this art installation, balloons that were intended to mimic a nuclear warhead were handed out at the exhibit site at 4pm daily. This is a project of Pedro Reyes with sponsorship by ICAN and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

2022 Peacemaker Awards Celebration

You are invited to the 2022 Peacemaker Awards! Saturday June 11th from 2pm – 4:30pm. Live and by Zoom. Find more and download the registration form on our website.

Good Friday; Way of the Cross, The Way to Peace

Thanks to Everyone for a wonderful Good Friday; Way of the Cross, Way to Peace; Zoom Event! Please click through to the website for the YouTube event video. Thank you all again.

Conference on Social Justice, April 2

On April 2, 2022 the Church of St. Francis of Assisi Church and Pax Christi Metro New York, along with SOMOS Community Care and Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York, will be hosting a symposium on Catholic Social Teaching – a fundamental value of the Catholic tradition. The symposium, entitled “Good News in Tough Times: Following Jesus in a Wounded Church and Divided Nation,” will be conducted in English and in Spanish. The morning will feature two keynote speakers: John Carr of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and Bishop Octavio Cisneros, emeritus auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City.

By Request – the latest virtual retreat video

By popular request, a YouTube copy of the March 19 Retreat is posted here. Drawing on the teachings of mystics from Rumi, Dorothee Soelle, Thomas Berry and the Appalachian People’s Pastoral and then the work of artists depicting the Last Supper, the Trinity, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Kwan Yen, to name a few. Fr. Terry Moran led us in contemplative ideas regarding peace and justice for our times.