Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Amidst the other items we have to share with you today, I want to call your attention to the new Lenten booklet, Embracing Possibilities: Reflections for Lent 2014, which is now available for orders through our sales department. You can get more information and read a sample by clicking here. When I was a campus minister, there was no better resource to introduce people to Pax Christi USA than the Lent (and Advent) booklets. I encourage you to order yours today and maybe get a few extras to share with friends, students, family members, and so on. 

I also want to give out a reminder that the beginning of the new year is a great time to renew your membership! We hope you'll take a moment today and renew your membership in Pax Christi USA by clicking here, or if you've not been a member but want to add your candle to the light of thousands of us who believe in working for peace with justice, we hope you'll become a new member by clicking here. It's easy, quick and secure!

Below is the e-Update for February 2014, 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

• January 10: MLK Day
• January 1: The New Year
• December 13: One Year Since Sandy Hook

New e-Resources

• MLK Day Retrospective: A collection of posts related to MLK which we featured on the Bread for the Journey blog during the lead-up to MLK Day 2014
• Pacem in Terris at 50: A free, new downloadable process e-booklet for small group reflection and discussion featuring posts from the Bread for the Journey blog on "Pacem in Terris" during its 50th anniversary year (4 sessions)

Special Alerts

• Pax Christi USA seeking nominations for the National Council elections
• Pax Christi USA endorses Campaign Nonviolence! Become a promoter today!
• Reflections on Pax Christi Massachusett's statement on Just War Theory
• Pax Christi International statement on the situation in the Central African Republic
• Sign the petition to restore the Voting Rights Act
• Sign this petition to help torture survivors
• Call for a complete halt to all settlement activity in the Middle East
• Support Sr. Megan, Greg and Michael (sentencing coming up Feb. 18 now)
• World Day of Peace message from Pope Francis

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest

• February 2-5: Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in DC

• February 28-March 2: PC Metro New York's Annual Retreat with Sr. Kathleen Deignan, CND at the St. Joseph's Renewal Center in Brentwood, Long Island

• March 1: PCUSA National Council election nominations due

• March 5: Ash Wednesday leafleting with PC Metro New York from 12-1pm at St. Patrick's Cathedral

• March 14-16: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Conference in California

• March 28-29: PCUSA endorses the Friends of Sabeel-North America conference in Philly
• March 29: PC Michigan State Conference, "Christian Nonviolence: The Great Failure, the Only Hope," with Fr. Charles Emmanuel McCarthy; at Cristo Rey Parish, Lansing, MI 
• March 29-30: PC Florida Annual Retreat, "Nonviolent Resistance" with Jim Douglass at Dayspring Episcopal Conference Center in Ellenton, FL
• April 6, 2014: PC-Texas Regional Dialogue 
• April 14-18: Holy Week Pilgrimage with the Norfolk Catholic Worker and Hampton Roads PC that will stop at 14 area military bases in the Hampton Roads, VA area; contact Steve at williamsbaggarly@gmail.com for more info  
• May 3: PC-Metro DC/Baltimore Regional Dialogue 
• Wal-Mart joins CIW's Fair Food Program
• January's On The Line
• Fall 2013 Pax Christi USA Newsletter, The Peace Current, online
• Pax Christi International February 2014 newsletter