From the Season of Creation website: The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home. Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios … Continue reading Season of Creation 2023
ONLINE Walk with other Catholics as we learn, pray, and take action for environmental justice. Join Pax Christi USA, the Catholic Climate Covenant, Laudato Si Movement, and the Ignatian Solidarity Network during the Season of Creation as we explore the theme “Let justice and peace flow” and how the call to creation care and integral … Continue reading Living the Season of Creation Nonviolently
The Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action take place from 21 September (International Day of Peace) until 2 October (International Day of Nonviolence and Gandhi’s birthday). During this time, people worldwide are encouraged to come together in solidarity to promote and celebrate nonviolence. Aligned with Campaign Nonviolence, the Week of Prayer for Peace in Palestine and Israel, and the Season … Continue reading Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action 2023
ONLINE Managing conflict nonviolently is one of the three core strategies of World Beyond War's alternative global security system. But when the rule of law and diplomacy are failing and violence is underway, both seasoned activists and newcomers alike often question whether unarmed resistance can be effective against military invasion, occupation, and war. Throughout three … Continue reading #NoWar2023 conference
in observance of the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons IN PERSON Bring a prayer, poem, reflection, or hymn for the abolition of nuclear weapons or, more generally, for peace. Everyone in attendance will have the opportunity to share from your faith tradition. There is no formal program; we are the … Continue reading Interfaith Prayer Service
HYBRID Join us for this special event when Pax Christi USA presents Fr. Joe Nangle, OFM, with the 2023 Teacher of Peace award. (See the original announcement here.) The celebration will be held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Arlington VA, where Fr. Joe serves the Spanish-speaking community. But don’t worry if you can’t make … Continue reading Teacher of Peace 2023 celebration in honor of Joe Nangle, OFM
The Peace in Ukraine Coalition invites all to participate in the Global Days of Action. The coalition's messaging highlights the call for a ceasefire, peace negotiations and weapons halt. Events may include street vigils in highly trafficked locations, media protests, congressional delegations, teach-ins, freeway bannering, etc. To access flyers, window signs, posters, buttons and stickers, go … Continue reading Global Days of Action for peace in Ukraine
IN PERSON A silent prayer for peace will be held at St. Paul Cathedral at 9:30 AM until noon before the Give Peace a Chance in Ukraine rally and march, which will begin at 11 AM at a different location, the Frick Fine Arts Building fountain, 650 Schenley Drive in Oakland. Some might feel more comfortable … Continue reading Rally and march: Give peace a chance in Ukraine
ONLINE Pax Christi USA, along with the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative and Casa Esther Catholic Worker, is excited to offer a new online series this fall focused on nonviolence and care for creation. This series will make the vital link — yet to be explored in depth — between violence and the climate crisis, and will … Continue reading Called to care: Fall series on nonviolence and care for creation
ONLINE This year is the 60th anniversary of the seminal Catholic social tradition encyclical promulgated by Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris , as well as the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Catholic Bishops peace pastoral, The Challenge of Peace. As we commemorate this anniversary year and approach the feast of Pope St. John XXIII … Continue reading Called to be peacemakers virtual retreat
IN PERSON and ONLINE The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) established the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards in 1976 to honor Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, who were assassinated by the Pinochet regime for their work to defend democracy and human rights in Chile. Today, these awards celebrate new champions of human rights and memorialize … Continue reading 47th annual Letelier-Moffitt human rights awards
ONLINE Israel is central to the political and cultural life of the U.S. American Jewish community. But it has also become a deeply divisive subject, as painful generational cracks have emerged within the Jewish community over the Israel-Palestine conflict, inspiring argument, protest and even censorship. Focusing on the stories of two young U.S. citizens raised … Continue reading Film salon: “Israelism”
