Monday, March 3, 2014

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Lent is just around the corner and Lori, our sales coordinator, has put together some great resources for you for the season. If you haven't already purchased your copy of this year's Lenten reflection booklet, you can get the electronic version by clicking here right now. If you're not sure and want to read a sample first, you can do so by clicking here. Check out additional Lenten resources in this email Lori put together last week. 

Also, just a reminder that today Pax Christi USA has officially moved to our new offices in D.C. You can find out more about the move by clicking here. We may experience a lag in both phone and email service, especially with the storm that is set to hit today, so please be patient if you're not able to reach us or if it takes a day or two to get back to you. Thanks!

Lastly, please check the website tomorrow. Ash Wednesday is this week, and tomorrow, Tuesday, I'll upload our Lent page to the website. We'll be bringing to you reflections for holy days and Sundays throughout the season, weekly Prayer-Study-Action e-bulletins, and other resources we think will help deepen your experience of Lent. 

Below is the e-Update for March 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 1: The New Year

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 signs onto statement to secure humanitarian access in Syria
• Summaries of the statements made by the Transform Now Plowshares
• Transform Now Plowshares sentenced
• Ask Congress to raise the minimum wage
• Sign the petition asking the U.S. to cancel new military base in Okinawa
• Sign the petition asking Congress to allow diplomacy with Iran to work
• Report to membership from the January 2014 National Council meeting
• Pax Christi USA endorses Campaign Nonviolence! Become a promoter today!

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest

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

• March 5-15: Coalition of Immokalee Workers' "Now is the Time" tour in NC, OH, KY, GA, TN and FL

• March 9: PC New Jersey presents Paul K Chappell, educator and author, in Stirling at 1:30pm; contact cbush@stshrine.org for more info

• 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 
• Pax Christi Long Island works to stop gun violence
• Febuary's On The Line
• Fall 2013 Pax Christi USA Newsletter, The Peace Current, online
• Pax Christi International February 2014 newsletter