Category Archives: Resources

RESOURCE: Special supplement on “Pacem in Terris” now included in the “Just Peacemaking Initiative” module

Last year, JustFaith Ministries in collaboration with Pax Christi USA published an excellent resource for small groups entitled, Just Peacemaking Initiative: The Challenge and Promise of Nonviolence for Our Time

pacemweb-newsIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), JustFaith Ministries is now including in the module a Special Supplement: 50th Anniversary of Pacem in Terris. This document was created by Pax Christi USA National Council member Scott Wright, the author of the module itself, for groups who want to highlight and provide additional content related to this critical 1963 encyclical.

The supplement is designed to provide excerpts from the encyclical that correlate to the four main sections/priorities defined in the module:

  • Spirituality of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
  • Just Peacemaking and Economic and Interracial Justice
  • Just Peacemaking, Disarmament and Reconciliation with Justice
  • Just Peacemaking, Human Rights, and Global Restoration

This new material can be substituted for existing sections of Sessions 1, 4, 7 & 10.   Suggested discussion questions are included.

Click here to order the module with the new supplement included.

For additional information, contact David Horvath at david@justfaith.org.

NEWS: The May 2013 e-Update, with all the news you may have missed from last month, now online

Each month, Pax Christi USA sends out an electronic update to catch our members up on any news, alerts, resources, and such that they have missed from the previous month. In this month’s e-update:

  • Information on the Teacher of Peace Award for 2013
  • Recent entries on the Bread for the Journey blog by Marie Dennis, Art Laffin, Jean Stokan, etc.
  • Update on the Transform Now Plowshares trial
  • Pax Christi USA endorsements and sign-on letters
  • National Conference updates
  • and more…

To see this month’s e-Update with links to all still-relevant information, click here.

RESOURCE: Special supplement on “Pacem in Terris” now included in the “Just Peacemaking Initiative” module

Last year, JustFaith Ministries in collaboration with Pax Christi USA published an excellent resource for small groups entitled, Just Peacemaking Initiative: The Challenge and Promise of Nonviolence for Our Time

pacemweb-newsIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), JustFaith Ministries is now including in the module a Special Supplement: 50th Anniversary of Pacem in Terris. This document was created by Pax Christi USA National Council member Scott Wright, the author of the module itself, for groups who want to highlight and provide additional content related to this critical 1963 encyclical.

The supplement is designed to provide excerpts from the encyclical that correlate to the four main sections/priorities defined in the module:

  • Spirituality of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
  • Just Peacemaking and Economic and Interracial Justice
  • Just Peacemaking, Disarmament and Reconciliation with Justice
  • Just Peacemaking, Human Rights, and Global Restoration

This new material can be substituted for existing sections of Sessions 1, 4, 7 & 10.   Suggested discussion questions are included.

Click here to order the module with the new supplement included.

For additional information, contact David Horvath at david@justfaith.org.

GUN VIOLENCE: Call your Senator today to prevent gun violence

Gun-ViolenceToday is the Interfaith Call-in Day to Prevent Gun Violence. Call your Senators and insist that they act to prevent gun violence. Ensure that the voices of faithful Americans ring throughout the halls of Congress.

Universal Background Checks are essential to gun violence prevention and viable as a bipartisan solution.

  • 2.1 million illegal gun buyers have been stopped by background checks – they work!
  • Under current federal law only licensed firearms dealers are required to conduct background checks – everyone else is free to sell guns to practically anyone without any type of check.
  • Universal background checks legislation cannot and will not lead to the creation of a national gun registry.

We know that there are differences in viewpoint and we ask you to convey whichever policies with which you are comfortable. The major components of legislation that Congress is considering are below.

  • Ban semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
  • Make gun trafficking a federal crime
  • Enhance of school and campus safety
  • Improve access to mental health services

When you call your Senators, let them know that you are calling as a member of the faith community, and emphasize those of the policies that you support. Tell them that gun violence prevention laws work.

Click here to get information for calling your Senator.

NEWS: The April 2013 e-Update, with all the news you may have missed from last month, now online

Each month, Pax Christi USA sends out an electronic update to catch our members up on any news, alerts, resources, and such that they have missed from the previous month. In this month’s e-update:

  • Links to all of the resources from Lent and Easter
  • Recent entries on the Bread for the Journey blog by Tom Cordaro, Amy Nee-Walker, Sr. Joan Chittister, etc.
  • Calendar events like upcoming regional dialogues
  • Pax Christi USA endorsements and sign-on letters
  • April resource review
  • and more…

To see this month’s e-Update with links to all still-relevant information, click here.

GUN VIOLENCE: Interfaith Call-in Day to Prevent Gun Violence and the February 2013 e-Update

Today, Americans from a remarkably diverse array of religious backgrounds will join together to call on Congress to act to prevent gun violence. Religious leaders and interfaith groups are mobilizing their flocks and empowering faithful Americans across the country to continue the moral drumbeat for passing sensible gun violence prevention laws:

Tested by our grief,
Inspired in our pursuit of justice,
Strengthened by our love for country and for God’s children
Resolute in our faith
We call on our lawmakers and say:
Enough pain. Enough despair. Enough injustice.
We can and must transform our grief into action.

TAKE ACTION TODAY: Today is the Interfaith Call-in Day to Prevent Gun Violence. Click here to read more and to be directed to information to use in your call, including a direct connection to your Senators. Thanks for taking this action!

Also we have posted the e-Update for February 2013, a recap of all of the items you may have missed but which are still relevant from the past month or so. We hope you’ll take a few moments today or later this week to review them and use them as you see fit.

To see this month’s e-Update with links to all still-relevant information, click here.

NEWS: The January 2013 e-Update, with all the news you may have missed from last month, now online

Each month, Pax Christi USA sends out an electronic update to catch our members up on any news, alerts, resources, and such that they have missed from the previous month. In this month’s e-update:

  • Our statement on the Newtown massacre, PSA’s, and more
  • Recent entries on the Bread for the Journey blog by Bishop THomas Gumbleton, Donna Toliver Grimes, Fr. John Dear, S.J., etc.
  • Calendar events like upcoming regional dialogues and regional events
  • Remembrances of Bishop Walter Sullivan
  • December resource review
  • and more…

To see this month’s e-Update with links to all still-relevant information, click here.