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Bishop Gumbleton Video and discussion,  UIW Village theater
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30 year anniversary, remembering the Jesuits killed in El Salvador
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 Bold Border Crossing in Laredo, Oct 26th

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.

NEXT MEETING:

 Saturday January 4th, 10am
Calendar 
 
 In Austin
Wednesday December 11, 6:30pm, Third Annual Courageous Conversations Potluck Fellowship Dinner. Holy cross Catholic Church Family Life Center, 1110 Concho St., behind the main church building. Bring covered dish; avoid an over- supply of desserts. 
Sunday December 15 (3rd Sunday of the month), 7:00pm, Pax Christi Austin meeting. Fr. Payne House, St. Ignatius Church, 126 Oltorf St.
Monday January 20, 9:00am, Martin Luther King March, Festival and Food Drive. Short program at the MLK statue on the UT campus, followed by march to Huston-Tillotson University, where further activities are planned. 
Thursday January 30, 12:30pm-1:30pm, discussion on “Colleges Must Choose: Pursue truth or Harmony/Social Justice.” Read for the discussion the article at  https://www.chronicle.com/article/Are-Colleges-Failing/244544. Fleck Hall 305, St. Edward’s University, 3001 S. Congress. 

In Dallas
 Monday December 9, 7:00pm-8:30pm, continuation of the Faiths in Conversation series. Information, location, and tickets: dallasinstitute.org/faith-in-conversation/
 
In El Paso
Fridays, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Pax Christi El Paso joins Border Peace Presence in front of the Federal Courthouse (corner of Campbell and San Antonio).
Saturdays December 14 and 21, 10:00am-4:00pm, Weaving for Justice  will sell a variety of hand-woven and embroidered textiles by Maya women in cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico. We are located upstairs at 525 E. Lohman on the north side of Lohman between Mesquite & Tornillo in Las Cruces. Just look for our sandwich board and balloons by the street. All proceeds go back to the weaving groups. Weavers in these groups have told us that their earnings are making a big difference in their ability to stay on their ancestral lands and avoid having to migrate. Information: www.weaving-for-justice.org.                                                                                          
Friday December 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Dinner and Play fundraiser for Los Americas immigrant advocacy cnter. $20.00. Café Mayapan, 2000 Texas Avenue.
Sunday December 15, 1:30pm-4:00pm, Community First Coalition press conference (1:30 in front of the downtown E Paso Public Library), Community First Coalition meeting (2:00), and Social Justice Education Forum (2:30; Carmen Rodriguez, Kathy Staudt, Rosemary Neill, and Oscar Martínez—authors of Who Rules El Paso?). El Paso Public Library, 501 N. Oregon. The book is available now at https://www.amazon.com/Who-Rules-El-Paso-community/dp/1710689048/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=who+rules+episo&qid=1575239832&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr0. 

In Houston
 Friday December 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm, film, Ways of struggle, by documentary film maker Anand Patnardhan, on India’s abandonment of non-violence. Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1001 Bissonnet. 
Saturday January 11, 9:00am-11:30am, Prayer and Labyrinth Walk to End Human Trafficking.  Dominican Center for Spirituality, 6501 Almeda Rd. contact Ceil Roeger @713-440-3714 or croeger@domhou.org
Monday January 20, 10:00am, 26th Annual MLK Grande Parade begins at San Jacinto & Elgin St. Information: http://www.mlkgrandeparade.org or Call 713-953-1633
Saturday February 29, Racial Wealth and the Income Gap, presented by NETWORK.  Dominican Center for Spirituality, 6501 Almeda Rd. Contact Ceil Roeger @713-440-3714 or croeger@domhou.org

In San Antonio
Friday January 10, 7:30am-9:00am, Dreamweek 2020 Opening Breakfast. Keynote speaker is Paul Rusesabagina, who hid refugees during the Rwanda genocide and founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for human rights. $65.00. Briscoe Western Art Museum, Jack Guenther Pavillion. 200 W. Market. https://dreamweek.org/events/
Sunday January 19, 4:30pm-6:30pm, 33rd Annual MLK Interfaith Worship Service. Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, 277 W. Woodlawn.
 Monday January 20, 10:00am, annual Martin Luther King March begins at 3501 MLK Drive and ends at Pittman-Sullivan Park, 1101 Iowa. Check out related events at dreamweek.org/events/ 
Thursday January 23, 6:00pm-7:30pm, Andrew Hill (St. Philip’s College) “Our Shared Humanity: The Geneva Conventions in 2020. American Red Cross, 3642 E. Houston. https://dreamweek.org/evt/our-shared-humanity-the-geneva-conventions-in-2020/ for RSVP. 
Links
 
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

Contact person:
Maria Tobin 
​matob@aol.com
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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   
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