The following article was published in the September-October 2022 issue of NewsNotes.
Season of Creation Celebration Guide for Sept. 1 – Oct. 4 from an ecumenical group of partners committed to pray, collaborate and mobilize to care for our common home. https://seasonofcreation.org/
“Eco-Spirituality: Behold God in Everything!" – a free 90-minute program for the Feast of St. Francis on Oct. 4 of prayers, readings, reflection/discussion questions, optional music, a Franciscan contemplation exercise, a short video, and suggested activities. Offered by the Catholic Climate Covenant. https://bit.ly/EcoSpirituality
Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action, sponsored by Pax Christi International, September 21 to October 2. The theme is “Blessed Every Step Toward Nonviolence.” Find events at https://bit.ly/NonviolenceDays22
New Maryknoll Sisters Podcast: Living Off the Land in Panama with Sr. Melinda Roper. https://bit.ly/MKSrPodcast
“A Retreat on Gospel Nonviolence” – a free 25-minute video with guided questions from Pax Christi International to be used by individuals and small groups. Enter the Password: PC2022 (with English/Spanish/French caption options on Play bar, under button "CC"): https://vimeo.com/741274721
Archbishop John Wester’s keynote address on nuclear disarmament at the Pax Christi USA 50th Anniversary Conference 2022. https://bit.ly/WesterKeynote
Marie Dennis’s Teacher of Peace 2022 acceptance speech at the Pax Christi USA 50th Anniversary Conference https://bit.ly/MDennisSpeech
Prayer for Integration of All New Comers from the USCCB Migration and Refugee Services https://bit.ly/PrayerforNewComers
Video recordings of "Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis: Hope for a Wounded World" conference held online June 20-23 are available by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. This includes a special presentation message from Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See Mission to the UN. https://bit.ly/CPN2022videos
The newest issue of the Journal of Social Encounters offers a collection of essays on Christian bishops as peacebuilders. https://bit.ly/JournalSocEnco
Kenyan religious leaders joint call for peace in the country after the presidential election on Aug. 15. https://bit.ly/KenyaPeaceMessage
Webinar: War in Ukraine: Symposium on Theological Reflections - the Institute of Ecumenical Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University, and the Institut Chrétiens d'Orient de Paris will host a webinar on Sept. 14, 18:30-20:00 Paris time on how the war in Ukraine might affect ecumenical relations. The event will be in French with English translation. https://bit.ly/WebinarUkraineEcu
New book: The Politics of Extraction: Territorial Rights, Participatory Institutions, and Conflict in Latin America by Maiah Jaskoski. It is a systematic study of how participatory institutions either channel or exacerbate conflict over extraction and includes data of thirty major extractive conflicts in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru in the 2000s and 2010s. https://bit.ly/PoliticsofExtrac
New book: The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd. Video of interview with the author: https://bit.ly/KRuddInterview