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.
Tag Archives: peace
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.
Ash Wednesday Leafletting for Peace at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
There were seven PCMNY members – led by former Executive Director – Rosemarie Pace – leafletting in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Contact Congress Now!
We are asking ALL our members to write letters to the White House and to your representatives in Congress regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] as soon as possible.
A Gift on Giving Tuesday
n this Giving Tuesday please consider donating what you can to our mission for peace.
There is a donate button on the bottom of each of our website pages.
As always, thank you for your generosity!
Say NO to Killer Drones
On November 13, PCMNY met at the Drone Plinth on the Highline in Manhattan, to protest the use of killer drones that are used by the US military with seeming disregard for accountability or respect for non-combatant life.
PCMNY Fall Assembly 2021
We are pleased to share peacemaker John Amidon’s keynote presentation “Interconnected Challenges to Peace: Militarism and the Climate Crisis,” presented during the Pax Christi Metro New York (PCMNY) Fall Assembly. The event took place on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021. Thank you to our wonderful keynote, the event organizers, the PCMNY staff, board, and volunteers, and all of the participants. You are all essential to creating peace!
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