SAVE THE DATE! January 27, 2024 Online Event on Nuclear Weapons
December 21, 2023/
“To love our enemies means we have to begin the process of ending our preparations to kill them, including our preparations to drop nuclear weapons on them.”
—Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament
A Pastoral Letter by Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe
January 11, 2022, page 16
As we approach the second anniversary of Archbishop Wester’s pastoral letter, cited above, and the third anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entering into force, Pax Christi Massachusetts is planning an online event on January 27, 2024, 2:00 to 4:00 pm, entitled Building a World Without Nuclear Weapons: An Urgent Imperative, to examine the existential threat and moral implications of nuclear weapons, to enter into dialogue about solutions, and to urge prayer and action from individuals and groups.
Registration details are still being developed, but three powerful speakers have already been secured: Archbishop Wester; Dr. Ira Helfand, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)/Back from the Brink, and Marie Dennis, Catholic Nonviolent Initiative/Pax Christi International. Claire Schaeffer-Duffy of SS. Francis and Therese Catholic Worker, Worcester, will serve as moderator.
Additionally, the following organizations have offered their support as co-sponsors:
Pax Christi USA
Pax Christi Maine
Pax Christi Rhode Island
A Faith That Does Justice
Agape Community
Association of U.S. Catholic Priests
Benedictines for Peace
Boston Catholic Climate Movement
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Franciscan Action Network
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Islamic Society of North America
Loretto Peace Committee (NM)
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Massachusetts Peace Action
New England Peace Pagoda
SS. Francis and Therese Catholic Worker
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield
Traprock Center for Peace and Justice (MA)
WE Rotary WORLD
Keep watching www.paxchristima.org for the registration opportunity!
If you have questions about the event, please email paxchristima@gmail.com.
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