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.
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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.
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.
Summer Reflection/Prayer/Action
The Feast of Pentecost has come and gone, marking the birthday of the Church, the end of the Easter season and the return to Ordinary Time. Like any other birthday, this means a new beginning, a celebration of new life, new growth, and new possibilities. And like many birthdays, it is a time of gift-giving.
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.
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