Tuesday, October 7, 2014

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BREAKING NEWS: If you're planning on going to the annual School of the Americas Vigil and Action this year in Georgia, plan on getting there in time to join us for the annual "Pax Christi USA at the SOA" program on Friday evening. We've reserved a space at the Columbus Convention Center from 6-7:30pm on Friday, November 21 and we're putting together the program now. (Click here to see a report from last year's gathering.) Keep an eye on the website in the coming weeks for more information!

Also, if you have not pre-ordered your Advent reflection booklets, do so now! You can click here to see more about the booklet and place your order. We're basing our print run on the number of booklets which are pre-ordered, so if you want to guarantee your copies and guarantee that you'll receive it before Advent begins, order before October 15!

Lastly, if you have not already heard, Pax Christi USA lost a prophetic regional leader last month. Pax Christi Florida's Carol Ann Breyer passed away in mid-September. We are so grateful for Carol Ann's leadership and witness. Please take a moment to read her obituary here on the Pax Christi USA website.

Below is the e-Update for October 2014, a recap of all of the items you may have missed 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. 

Pray-Study-Act e-bulletins

• Campaign Nonviolence, September 15
• The People's Climate March, September 18
• Ferguson and Racial Justice, September 23

Special Resources and Alerts

• Official Statement on the Delay of an Immigration Plan
• Help get the new documentary on John Lewis made! Give before midnight Wednesday!
• Creative Voice from Education for Justice, featuring PCUSA Ambassador of Peace Rev. Joseph Nangle, ofm on "St. Francis and His Relevance for Us Today"
• PCUSA signs onto statement regarding the moral responsibility to protect Syrian citizens from drone strikes
• PCUSA signs onto letter against corporate inversions
• PCUSA joins effort asking President Obama to invest in child nutrition programs
• Ask Pope Francis to divest the Vatican from fossil fuels
• The Children at Our Border resource webpage
• Iraq-Syria: Ending the Spiral of Violence resource webpage
• Third Thursday for Israel-Palestine action for September

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest 

• Oct. 4-11: Keep Space for Peace Week
• Oct. 10-13: Demand Justice for Michael Brown - Demonstration in Ferguson!
• Oct. 17-19: Pax Christi Michigan's State Retreat, "Conversations with Peter Dougherty," in Roscommon, MI
• Oct. 25-26: PC-Florida State Assembly and Action in Tallahassee
• Nov. 1: PC Illinois presents "The Pope Francis Effect: Changing Political Discourse and Challenging the Church of the Global North," with PCUSA Ambassador of Peace Tom Cordaro, at St. Francis Xavier Church in LaGrange, IL; contact nloetter@comcast.net

• Nov. 1: Pax Christi Massachusetts state assembly at Holy Cross College on "The Militarization of Our Youth and the 'I Will Not Kill' Campaign" 

• Nov. 7-9: Call To Action in Memphis, TN

• Nov. 9: PC Metro D.C.-Baltimore's Annual Peacemaker Award Dinner, honoring Judith Kelly, in Washington, D.C.; contact jjmchale@verizon.net to make reservations

• Support the new film being made about Bishop Gumbleton
• New advocacy website for Haiti
• Sisters of Mercy call for nonviolent alternatives to address ISIS
• Pax Christi International's vibrant presence at the UN
• September's edition of On The Line, a digest of PCUSA news from around the nation
• Summer 2014 Pax Christi USA Newsletter, The Peace Current, online
• Pax Christi International October 2014 newsletter