Pax Christi Metro New York (PCMNY) is inviting nominations for the Maloof Family Young Peacebuilder Award, recognizing high school students’ peacebuilding contributions. The award, inspired by the Maloof family, offers a $1000 gift and a certificate. The award is aimed at Juniors, enabling incorporation into college applications and fostering a relationship with PCMNY. The nomination deadline is December 19, 2023, and the award will be presented in early June 2024.
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78th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Pax Christi Metro New York invites you to join in Prayer and Public Witness on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Aug. 5th at Noon In Manhattan – Gandhi Statue at West Side of Union Square Park near 14th Street. There will be Prayer for those who have suffered the effects of nuclear weapons development and use.
A Moment of Silence
The Ringing of a Gong 78 times for the 78 years since the tragic dawning of the nuclear age.
Leafletting to inform and invite action to abolish nuclear weapons.
Music to end our commemoration.
The Maloof Family Young Peacebuilder Award Reception
Held Sunday, June 4, 2023
The Awards Reception took place once again at Xavier High School, in the very comfortable Keenan Commons. About sixty people attended in person, with three more on Zoom. – find out more on our website.
NONVIOLENCE: The Connecting Thread in Our Work for the New Creation
JOIN Marie Dennis , July 9 – 14, 2023 for a series of discussions at The Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining NY. This program will explore nonviolence as a spirituality, a way of life, a global ethic and a spectrum of approaches to preventing or interrupting violence and promoting just peace, the beloved community, the New Creation.
Episcopal Letter Urging the G7 to Act on Nuclear Disarmament
With the looming threat of nuclear conflict, the bishops advocate for a comprehensive approach that includes transparency, dialogue, and cooperation among nations. Their plea highlights the moral imperative of prioritizing human security, fostering trust-building measures, and investing in peaceful alternatives.
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.
Tell Congress: Abolish Nuclear Weapons on H. Res. 77 –
We need your help! Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 31 by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), H. Res. 77 calls on the United States to embrace the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and to take concrete steps to prevent nuclear war—a threat that is greater today than it’s been since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
With preventnuclearwar.org we support this resolution and the work that preventnuclearwar.org does. You will find resources for this action to support this resolution, nonproliferation and peace.
Learn more on the our website.
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.
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.
Fall Assembly Saturday, October 22nd
PCMNY is returning to an in-person Fall Assembly Saturday, October 22nd, at Manhattan College.
The keynote speaker will be renowned Maria Stephan, co-author of Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare).
Please save the date and stay tuned for further details.
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