Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Happy Easter! We hope your experience of Holy Week was meaningful and transformative and that the resources we provided throughout Lent were helpful in observing the season. Before we get to this month's e-Update, a few quick items to share:

NOMINATIONS FOR NATIONAL COUNCIL DEADLINE EXTENDED: We are still accepting nominations for the candidate slate for this year's national council elections. The deadline has been extended to April 11. Click here for more information.

SIGN THE PETITION "CATHOLIC MORALITY AND NUCLEAR ABOLITION: Our partners at the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns are accepting signatures for the statement "Catholic Morality and Nuclear Abolition" through April 18. Click here to read more and add your name.

NEW BOOK ON PEACE ED. FROM PCUSA TEACHERS OF PEACE: Live Peace, Teach Peace: Best Practices and a Toolbox, is the new book by Pax Christi USA Teachers of Peace M.J. and Jerry Park. The Parks have committed their lives to teaching peace and nonviolence to children and this book is an excellent resource for teachers, ministers, parents and anyone who cares about children.Click here to read more.

Below is the e-Update for April 2015, 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.

Lent and Easter 2015 Resources

Reflection for Easter Sunday
In case you wanted to save or revisit any resources from Lent, you can see all of the archived resources on the Lent 2015 webpage.

Special Resources and Alerts

From the Bread for the Journey blog

"Unholy positions in the Holy Land," by Tony Magliano
"God walks beside us as we struggle toward redemption," by Judy Coode
"A reflection on the anniversary of the death of Archbishop Romero," by Jean Stokan and Scott Wright
"Dismantling racism," by Sr. Patricia Chappell, SNDdeN & Sr. Anne-Louise Nadeau, SNDdeN
"Syria may go from awful to even worse," by Thomas Reese, S.J.
For more from the blog, click here.

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest

Apr. 10-11: Gandhi-King Conference in Memphis
Apr. 11: Pax Christi Michigan state conference with David Swanson, Auburn Hills, MI
Apr. 11: Pacem in Terris anniversary
Apr. 13: Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Apr. 16: Vanderhaar Symposium feat. Sr. Simone Campbell in Memphis
Apr. 17-20: Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C., Sr. Patricia Chappell, SNDdeN, Executive Director of Pax Christi USA, is one of the speakers
Apr. 24-26: Peace and Planet Mobilization
Apr. 26-27: Global Wave of Action to Say Goodbye to Nukes
May 2: Gospel Nonviolence conference with Fr. Charles Emmanuel McCarthy, Atlanta; contact Joe Goode at cpatchat92@aol.com for more info.
May 3: The Challenge of Peace anniversary
May 9: Dan Berrigan's birthday
May 10: Mother's Day
May 13-17: Pax Christi International World Assembly in Bethlehem
May 15: International Day for Conscientious Objection
May 24: Pentecost Sunday
May 30: Pax Christi Southern California conference with Kathy Kelly at Loyola Marymount University
June 1-30: Torture Awareness Month
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Thomas Merton's birth with special resources now available in the Pax Christi USA store
March issue of On The Line, feat. PC members, groups from around the U.S.
Pax Christi International Newsletter for April
Easter Greetings from Pax Christi International
Spring 2015 Pax Christi USA Newsletter, The Peace Current, online

In Christ's peace,

Johnny Zokovitch

Director of Communications, Pax Christi USA

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