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Below is the e-Update for May 2015, a recap of all of the items you may have missed which are still relevant from the past month or so, including our statement on the situation last week in Baltimore and our announcement of a special Pax Christi USA gathering at the Campaign Nonviolence conference in New Mexico in August. 

We hope you'll take a few moments today or later this week to review them and use them as you see fit. 

Special Resources and Alerts

• Pax Christi USA offers alternatives to violence in Baltimore
• PCUSA signs onto letter calling for an end to the Cuban embargo
• PCUSA signs onto letter against Ryan-Hatch Fast Track Act
• PCUSA signs onto faith leaders' statement on Iran framework agreement
• Pax Christi International releases statement against killer robots
• New books released by a variety of Pax Christi USA authors
• Pax Christi USA announces authors for 2015 Advent reflection booklet
• PCUSA announces special gathering at the Campaign Nonviolence conference on August 6 in New Mexico
• Attend the Pax Christi International World Assembly, May 13-17 in Bethlehem
• Honor Oscar Romero and Thomas Merton for special 2015 anniversaries by sharing their witness through one of PCUSA's resources
• Third Thursday for Israel-Palestine action for April

Recent News Items, Calendar Items and Other Items of Interest 

• 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

• June 29-July 2: Starvin for Justice: Annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty in Washington, D.C.

• July 31-Aug. 2: National Council Meeting in Washington, D.C.

• Aug. 6: PCUSA at the Campaign Nonviolence conference in New Mexico

• Aug. 6: Hiroshima Anniversary

• Aug. 6-9: Campaign Nonviolence conference in New Mexico

• Aug. 9: Nagasaki Anniversary

• Catholics to press nuclear weapons ban at UN review conference

• April issue of On The Line, feat. PC members, groups from around the U.S.
• Pax Christi International Newsletter for May
• Spring 2015 Pax Christi USA Newsletter, The Peace Current, online