Monday, November 4, 2013

In just a few short weeks, the season of Advent will be upon us. If you have not already had the opportunity to do so, we encourage you to get your orders in for this year's Advent reflection booklet, Unshakeable Belief: Advent 2013. And shortly before the first Sunday of Advent, we'll introduce our Advent 2013 webpage with resources for you, your family, your faith community and your local group to use throughout the season for prayer, study and action. You can see last year's page by clicking here to get an idea of what will be available.

Also, if you're going to the School of the Americas this month, please plan to join us on Friday evening, beginning at 5:30pm in Ballroom A of the Columbus Convention Center for our annual program. This year's program is entitled, "Gun Violence Has No Room in the Spirituality of Peacemaking," and will feature presentations by PCUSA Teacher of Peace Kathy Kelly and PCUSA Executive Director Sr. Patty Chappell, SNDdeN. We'll also have prayer and music (by Joe Jencks!) and items from the Pax Christi USA store will be on sale.

Below is the e-Update for November 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.

Prayer-Study-Action e-bulletins

September 30: In Honor of the Feast of St. Francis

Special Alerts

From the Bread for the Journey blog

"For All Soul's day, remembering those who have been reclaimed by God," by PCUSA Program Director Sr. Anne-Louise Nadeau, SNDdeN
"Daily resistance to the forces of militarism on Jeju Island," by PCUSA member Rev. Bill Bichsel, S.J.
"Earth dangerously warming - and we are causing it," by columnist Tony Magliano
"The Lord hears the cry of the poor," by Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Tom Cordaro
"Accompanying the hibakusha to the birthplace of the atomic bomb," by Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Rev. John Dear S.J.
For more from the blog, including posts by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, John Dear, S.J, and others, click here.

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest

In Christ's peace,

Johnny Zokovitch

Director of Communications, Pax Christi USA

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