Joint interfaith statement on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Pax Christi is a Catholic peace movement with 120 member organizations worldwide that promotes peace, respect of human rights, justice and reconciliation throughout the world.
Grounded in the belief that peace is possible and that vicious cycles of violence and injustice can be broken, Pax Christi addresses the root causes and destructive consequences of violent conflict and war.
Pax Christi San Antonio works with all organizations in the city that promote peace and justice for all peoples.
Grounded in the belief that peace is possible and that vicious cycles of violence and injustice can be broken, Pax Christi addresses the root causes and destructive consequences of violent conflict and war.
Pax Christi San Antonio works with all organizations in the city that promote peace and justice for all peoples.
Editorial
The Sunday Liturgical Reading reflections are based on readings for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Tom Keene’s poem is Wild Forces. For more of Tom’s poems, see http://www.tomkeeneandthemuse.com
Gospel Reflection by Sr. Rose Kruppa, CDP, of St. Francis of Assisi Church, San Antonio,
When we consider the hungers of the world today, what gifts do we have to offer? How will God bless and break them? How will we be fed? And how will we pass that “feeding” on to others? And the gathering of the leftovers—do we really believe that there will always be enough?
For me, “Feed them yourselves” means offering the gifts I have been given by God, my abilities to donate money to organizations that feed the hungry and perform the other corporal works of mercy. I vote for candidates who recognize the dignity of all persons, who support living wages for all workers, who will lead in getting all people to work together. I continue to reflect on the Word and to share my reflections with others. I both pray and work for justice for all. And I work and pray that all hungers will be fed and all will be satisfied. Yes, all of this is about building the kingdom of God on earth. May God take, bless, multiply, and distribute what we offer to feed others.
Francis Skeith and David Atwood have sent a letter, dated this coming August 6, to the Texas Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Texas Catholic newspapers, calling upon all to join the international movement to abandon nuclear weapons.
Calendar: Online
Thursday August 6, 12:30pm-1:30pm, webinar: “The History, Present and Possible Future of Gandhian Nonviolence and the Nonviolent Way of Jesus in Methodism,” Natalya Cherry. $15.00, Register at: https://secure.touchnet.net/C21403_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1929&SINGLESTORE=true
This registration site is actually quite cryptic; check out the information at: https://www.smu.edu/Perkins/PublicPrograms/Webinars/United-Methodist-Studies-Webinar-Series
Thursday August 6, 12:00pm-1:30pm, Zoom panel, “The Church Confesses: Reflections on Health Justice and the Christian Voice in Turbulent Ties,” Clare Hein Blanton (theology graduate student, U. of Aberdeen), Matthew Russell (Chapelwood United Methodist Church, Houston), Fred Smith (Center for Leadership in Public Theology), and John Swinton (U. of Aberdeen). Register at: https://spiritualityandhealth.networkforgood.com/givecart
Three events commemorating the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
Thursday August 6, online commemoration of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with Ira Helfand. Free. Register at: paceebene.org/hiroshimaday2020
Friday August 7, online nonviolence training by Pace e Bene. $20.00
Saturday August 8, online conference, “Educating and Advancing a Nonviolent World (Rev. Richard Rohr, Dr. Erica Chenoweth, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Dr. Ira Helfand, Kazu Haga, George Martin, Dr. Kit Evans-Ford, Veronica Pelicaric, Dr. Ken Butigan, Rev. John Dear). $50.00
Information and tickets for all three: https://paceebene.org/cnvconference2020?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7c490eaa-7087-4e9f-b3ab-6e0553d76d0a
Thursday August 13, 12:30pm-1:30pm, webinar : "Social Responsibility of Religious Communties: New Traditions," George Mason (Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas). $15.00. Register at:
https://secure.touchnet.net/C21403_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1930&SINGLESTORE=true
El Paso
Tuesday August 11, 7:00pm, Pax Christi El Paso Zoom meeting. Contact Patricia Delgado for the link: phdelgado3583@gmail.com. Observance of the 25th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and discussion of the book Freedom in a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis.
Wednesday August 26 and Friday August 28, noon hour, death penalty vigils in front of the new federal courthouse at the corner of Magoffin and Campbell.
Notices
Message of Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty and Abortion. https://www.elpasodiocese.org/statement-from-bp-seitz-on-scotus-decision-june-29.html
The Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty has posted a webinar, The Execution of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Texas, with Prof. Ana M. Otero. Prof. Otero presents the case law on the subject. Recorded July 28, the recording is available until August 27 at: https://zoom.us/rec/share/xv4saLju2EROT9bX4m-PQoEhRofjaaa8gXRNqfEOzBzSkrMOX6V2VY9H3ZASkckf.
The access password needs to be manually typed, not pasted: +*fBS$$2
Interfaith Radio livestream: Trans in the Eyes of God
Part 1, Includes an interview with Toni Newman, author of I Rise.
https://interfaithradio.org/Archive/2018-September/Trans_in_the_Eyes_of_God__Part_1
Part 2, Features the Anglican Church
https://interfaithradio.org/ShowAudio/Trans_in_the_Eyes_of_God__Part_2
Part 3, Features the Jewish context
https://interfaithradio.org/ShowAudio/Trans_in_the_Eyes_of_God__Part_3
The Marianist Social Justice Collaborative has posted a video on welcoming sexual minorities. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=_ItQVlyXjd4&feature=emb_logo
Online Resource for families or small groups:
If you’re needing some social interaction with depth, more than just listening to zoom webinars,
longing for the social time that used to happen before and after Mass, consider using the Maryknoll Weekly Reflection Guides. Gather as family or small group and use these guides in Facetime, Skype, Zoom etc. This an easy online structure with prayer, an introductory theme, a link to the Sunday Readings and some reflection questions to guide group conversation. Using the SeeJudgeAct methodology, you will be led as a group to consider where, in light of the shared reflection, the Spirit is calling you this week. The Global Solidarity charism of the Maryknoll family will feed you spiritually for these challenging times. Find the Guides in both Spanish and English at:
https://www.maryknoll.us/home/resources/mission-spirituality/ordinary-time-2020
Online video on the Christian Nationalist Movement, by Andrew Whitehead (Clemson University), 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xbLKa40T1I
The Sunday Liturgical Reading reflections are based on readings for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Tom Keene’s poem is Wild Forces. For more of Tom’s poems, see http://www.tomkeeneandthemuse.com
Gospel Reflection by Sr. Rose Kruppa, CDP, of St. Francis of Assisi Church, San Antonio,
When we consider the hungers of the world today, what gifts do we have to offer? How will God bless and break them? How will we be fed? And how will we pass that “feeding” on to others? And the gathering of the leftovers—do we really believe that there will always be enough?
For me, “Feed them yourselves” means offering the gifts I have been given by God, my abilities to donate money to organizations that feed the hungry and perform the other corporal works of mercy. I vote for candidates who recognize the dignity of all persons, who support living wages for all workers, who will lead in getting all people to work together. I continue to reflect on the Word and to share my reflections with others. I both pray and work for justice for all. And I work and pray that all hungers will be fed and all will be satisfied. Yes, all of this is about building the kingdom of God on earth. May God take, bless, multiply, and distribute what we offer to feed others.
Francis Skeith and David Atwood have sent a letter, dated this coming August 6, to the Texas Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Texas Catholic newspapers, calling upon all to join the international movement to abandon nuclear weapons.
Calendar: Online
Thursday August 6, 12:30pm-1:30pm, webinar: “The History, Present and Possible Future of Gandhian Nonviolence and the Nonviolent Way of Jesus in Methodism,” Natalya Cherry. $15.00, Register at: https://secure.touchnet.net/C21403_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1929&SINGLESTORE=true
This registration site is actually quite cryptic; check out the information at: https://www.smu.edu/Perkins/PublicPrograms/Webinars/United-Methodist-Studies-Webinar-Series
Thursday August 6, 12:00pm-1:30pm, Zoom panel, “The Church Confesses: Reflections on Health Justice and the Christian Voice in Turbulent Ties,” Clare Hein Blanton (theology graduate student, U. of Aberdeen), Matthew Russell (Chapelwood United Methodist Church, Houston), Fred Smith (Center for Leadership in Public Theology), and John Swinton (U. of Aberdeen). Register at: https://spiritualityandhealth.networkforgood.com/givecart
Three events commemorating the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
Thursday August 6, online commemoration of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with Ira Helfand. Free. Register at: paceebene.org/hiroshimaday2020
Friday August 7, online nonviolence training by Pace e Bene. $20.00
Saturday August 8, online conference, “Educating and Advancing a Nonviolent World (Rev. Richard Rohr, Dr. Erica Chenoweth, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Dr. Ira Helfand, Kazu Haga, George Martin, Dr. Kit Evans-Ford, Veronica Pelicaric, Dr. Ken Butigan, Rev. John Dear). $50.00
Information and tickets for all three: https://paceebene.org/cnvconference2020?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7c490eaa-7087-4e9f-b3ab-6e0553d76d0a
Thursday August 13, 12:30pm-1:30pm, webinar : "Social Responsibility of Religious Communties: New Traditions," George Mason (Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas). $15.00. Register at:
https://secure.touchnet.net/C21403_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1930&SINGLESTORE=true
El Paso
Tuesday August 11, 7:00pm, Pax Christi El Paso Zoom meeting. Contact Patricia Delgado for the link: phdelgado3583@gmail.com. Observance of the 25th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and discussion of the book Freedom in a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis.
Wednesday August 26 and Friday August 28, noon hour, death penalty vigils in front of the new federal courthouse at the corner of Magoffin and Campbell.
Notices
Message of Bishop Mark J. Seitz on Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty and Abortion. https://www.elpasodiocese.org/statement-from-bp-seitz-on-scotus-decision-june-29.html
The Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty has posted a webinar, The Execution of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Texas, with Prof. Ana M. Otero. Prof. Otero presents the case law on the subject. Recorded July 28, the recording is available until August 27 at: https://zoom.us/rec/share/xv4saLju2EROT9bX4m-PQoEhRofjaaa8gXRNqfEOzBzSkrMOX6V2VY9H3ZASkckf.
The access password needs to be manually typed, not pasted: +*fBS$$2
Interfaith Radio livestream: Trans in the Eyes of God
Part 1, Includes an interview with Toni Newman, author of I Rise.
https://interfaithradio.org/Archive/2018-September/Trans_in_the_Eyes_of_God__Part_1
Part 2, Features the Anglican Church
https://interfaithradio.org/ShowAudio/Trans_in_the_Eyes_of_God__Part_2
Part 3, Features the Jewish context
https://interfaithradio.org/ShowAudio/Trans_in_the_Eyes_of_God__Part_3
The Marianist Social Justice Collaborative has posted a video on welcoming sexual minorities. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=_ItQVlyXjd4&feature=emb_logo
Online Resource for families or small groups:
If you’re needing some social interaction with depth, more than just listening to zoom webinars,
longing for the social time that used to happen before and after Mass, consider using the Maryknoll Weekly Reflection Guides. Gather as family or small group and use these guides in Facetime, Skype, Zoom etc. This an easy online structure with prayer, an introductory theme, a link to the Sunday Readings and some reflection questions to guide group conversation. Using the SeeJudgeAct methodology, you will be led as a group to consider where, in light of the shared reflection, the Spirit is calling you this week. The Global Solidarity charism of the Maryknoll family will feed you spiritually for these challenging times. Find the Guides in both Spanish and English at:
https://www.maryknoll.us/home/resources/mission-spirituality/ordinary-time-2020
Online video on the Christian Nationalist Movement, by Andrew Whitehead (Clemson University), 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xbLKa40T1I
Contact persons:
Blog contact: Tony Blasi: j6anthonyblasi@yahoo.com.
Environmental contact: arthurdawes@att.net
Web page Maria Tobin: matob@aol.com
Blog contact: Tony Blasi: j6anthonyblasi@yahoo.com.
Environmental contact: arthurdawes@att.net
Web page Maria Tobin: matob@aol.com
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Pax Christi Texas
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Pax Christi San Antonio
http://www.paxchristisa.org
COPS / Metro Alliance
www.copsmetro.com/
Marianist Social Justice Collaborative
www.msjc.net
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, International JPIC Committee
http://saccvi.blogspot.com/
San Antonio Peace Center
http://www.sanantoniopeace.center
Interfaith Radio, (Interfaith Voices)
http://www.interfaithradio.org/
Texas Catholic Campaign to End the Death Penalty
www.txccedp.org
Pax Christi International
http://www.paxchristi.net/
Pax Christi U.S.A.
http://www.paxchristiusa.org
Pax Christi Texas
http://www.paxchristitexas.org
Pax Christi San Antonio
http://www.paxchristisa.org
COPS / Metro Alliance
www.copsmetro.com/
Marianist Social Justice Collaborative
www.msjc.net
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, International JPIC Committee
http://saccvi.blogspot.com/
San Antonio Peace Center
http://www.sanantoniopeace.center
Interfaith Radio, (Interfaith Voices)
http://www.interfaithradio.org/
Texas Catholic Campaign to End the Death Penalty
www.txccedp.org
