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Call (212)420-0250 or e-mail the office to find out
more about any of these events!
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Peacemaker Awards Reception: Help us choose our peacemakers for 2010.
We are seeking those
whose efforts, vision, and spirit lead us on the way to peace. One
should be a person of faith whose peacemaking has reached people
across the nation in his/her efforts to teach peace, make peace, and
be peace. The other should be a person of faith whose work is
helping to transform metropolitan New York into the City of God.
Please nominate one or two who fit these descriptions, have inspired
you, and will draw others to our cause. Send a paragraph for each
to the PCMNY office by October 20th. Tell us why you
think your choice should be honored as national or local peacemaker. (The Reception
will be held on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 in Casserly Hall, St.
Joseph's Greenwich Village Church.)
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Fall Assembly: Save
Saturday, October 24th, from 9:30 to 4:30, to join us at Fordham
University Lincoln Center Campus for a full day of prayer, community
building, thought-provoking presentations, and inspiration for
action. Our theme is "The Challenge of Becoming a Peace Church:
Learning from the Catholic-Mennonite Dialogue." Speakers will include Fr.
Drew Christiansen, Msgr. John Radano, and Dr. Nancy Heisey, who were
part of the Dialogue, and Rev. Sylvia Shirk Charles, pastor of the
Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship. Contact PCMNY for a brochure,
if you haven't already received one.
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Queens Interfaith Unity Walk:
Celebrate our unity in diversity in the most diverse county in the
country. On Sunday, November 8th, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, and
Christians will be leading the Walk in Flushing, Queens. We
will gather starting at 1 PM at the Hindu Temple Society, 143-09
Holly Avenue. At 1:30, we'll begin our interfaith experience
with a half-hour presentation by the Hindu Temple Society.
We'll then process to the Muslim Center of NY
for a similar presentation. After that stop, we'll continue
our procession to the Free Synagogue for a third presentation.
Our Walk will end with a final presentation at St. Michael's
Catholic Church around 4 PM, followed by a reception in the church
hall. To help us prepare adequately for the reception, please
let us know if you will be joining us. Contact the Pax Christi
office by phone or e-mail.
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Holy Innocents Prayer Service:
This year we will resume a long-time tradition of PCMNY to remember
victims of violence, especially children, on Monday, December 28th,
after the 5:30 PM Mass at St. Joseph's Greenwich Village Church.
This is a time amidst the excitement of the Christmas holiday to
gather in prayer for those for whom Jesus came, to love them and to
protect them.
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The Hermit in New
York: Mark your
calendar for an afternoon that promises to be both entertaining and
inspiring. This play about Thomas Merton written by Teresa
Weed and produced by the Still Point Theatre Collective of Chicago
begins on a weekend in New York when Merton met with Zen scholar
D.T. Suzuki. It then weaves together the poetry and prose of
his public and private lives, his spiritual development and his
advocacy for peace and justice. Join us at St. Joseph's
Greenwich Village Church on Sunday, January 10th, 2010 from 2:30 to
4:30 PM. Warm your heart in the midst of winter cold and help
support a cause close to Merton's heart, the cause of peace.
This performance will benefit the work of Pax Christi Metro New
York. Ticket information to come.
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On Living Pax Christi: Called
to Keep on Keeping On: We'll be
returning to St. Joseph Renewal Center in Brentwood, Long Island for
our Lenten retreat in 2010 from March 6th to the 7th, with the
option for an overnight stay on March 5th. Fr. Kevin Queally,
TOR, will lead us with a message of hope and encouragement as we
deal with the disappointments and disillusionments of unfulfilled
dreams and promises from a nation and world stuck in a culture of
violence and fear. Fr. Queally
is a long-time friend of PCMNY who facilitated our Fall Assembly on
Sts. Francis and Clare in 2005 and who recently resigned from his
position as Vice President of Mission at St. Francis University in
Loretto, PA, because the University is starting an ROTC program
contrary to the Franciscan mission of peacemaking. He is now
Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry at Alvernia University in
Reading, PA.
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28th Annual Good Friday Way of
the Cross: Once again we will walk with Jesus on His Way
of the Cross, mourning His suffering and praying for those around
the world who continue to suffer from illness, discrimination,
poverty, hunger, torture, war, and all forms of violence. We
begin at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street between First and
Second Avenues, at 8:30 AM on April 2nd, 2010. Wear or carry a
cross. No other signs, please.
We are now pleased to be
able to accept credit card donations. Call us at 212-420-0250
or visit www.nycharities.org.
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