Archived resources for prayer, study and action from throughout the pandemic:
- March 19th, Pope Francis calls for worldwide rosary
- For March 22nd, a day of worldwide solidarity and prayer, we created a special reflection/prayer service, but it can easily be used and adapted throughout this time of the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to download a PDF copy.
- Join with Pope Francis on Wednesday, March 25th at 7am EDT for a worldwide praying of the Our Father. Join with Pax Christi USA members across the US in then reciting the prayer below immediately following.
- Full text of Pope Francis’s Urbi et orbi message from March 27th.
- Video of the Virtual Way of the Cross on Good Friday, April 10.
- Stations of the Cross of Nonviolence in a Pandemic, by Pax Christi Massachusetts, Agape Community and others
- Pope Francis’s Easter message
- A reflection for the Easter Vigil, April 11, “The landscape of our lives may have radically shifted, but that in no way means that God is no longer present,” by Elizabeth Boyle, 2019-20 Student Body President at the University of Notre Dame
- A reflection for Good Friday, April 10, “Anything good I could say about this would be a lie,” by Larraine Lauter, OSU of Water with Blessings
- A reflection for Holy Thursday, April 9, asking, “What more just worlds become possible if we made some of our practices during this pandemic Lenten season the taking-on of the lowest tasks?”, by Lawrence Barriner of Center for Story-based Strategy
- A reflection on the readings for Palm/Passion Sunday, April 5, citing the parallels between Jesus’s passion and the testing of this current moment in our history, by Rev. Joseph Nangle, ofm, Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace
- A reflection on the readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent, March 29, connecting the Lazarus story to what the choice to love looks like during this pandemic, by Cathy Crayton, Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace
- A reflection on the readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent, March 22, framed in the reality of the coronavirus pandemic, by Marie Dennis, Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace
- Click here for our Holy Week, April 5-12, Prayer-Study-Action (PSA) e-bulletin, framed by the coronavirus pandemic.
- Fourth week of Lent, March 22-28, Prayer-Study-Action (PSA) e-bulletin
- Fifth week of Lent, March 29-April 4, Prayer-Study-Action (PSA) e-bulletin
- From Win Without War: Demand that Trump suspend sanctions against Iran for 120 days!
- From Faithful America: Tell Congress! Protect the most vulnerable!
- From Color of Change: Demand a humane and just response to the outbreak for people in prisons, jails and detention centers
- Faith Community Letter on COVID-19
- COVID-19 Lifeline Emergency Access sign-on letter
- No COVID-19 money for the Pentagon
- Lift sanctions, save lives letter to President Trump, et al
- Letter asking the FCC to Help Incarcerated People During COVID-19
- IMF: Protect Vulnerable, Prevent Financial Crisis as Covid-19 Spreads
- Calling on Trump to Lift Sanctions during COVID-19
- Close Immigration Courts during COVID-19
- Ensuring a Faithful Census
- 40+ Organizations Urge Trump to Ease Iran Sanctions to Combat Coronavirus
- An open letter on national priorities in the face of pandemic (re nuclear weapons and military budget)
- Migrant protection during COVID-19
- U.S. deportations during global pandemic risk spreading COVID-19, returning
migrants and asylum seekers to danger and instability - Protect Florida farmworkers during the COVID-19 crisis
- An open letter on national priorities in the face of a pandemic
- April 6-12: Pax Christi USA #AloneTogether Movie of the Week – “13th”. Join us wherever you are and post on the Facebook page! #AloneTogether
- April 10: Virtual Way of the Cross for Economic and Ecological Justice, with our friends at the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; watch the video here.
- April 9: Voices of Experience on the Death Penalty, Facebook Live event, with Death Penalty Action, with PCUSA Executive Director Johnny Zokovitch as one of the panelists