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FAITH AND RESISTANCE RETREAT
FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Save the Dates: Jan. 11-22 FAST for JUSTICE with Witness Against Torture

Jan. 19 - Feb. 2 Peaceable Assembly Campaign with Voices for Creative Nonviolence

Disarm Now Plowshares
Trident: Illegal + Immoral
November 2, 2009 - All Souls Day

Five people arrested on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, WA
Bill “Bix” Bischel, S.J., 81; Susan Crane, 65; Lynne Greenwald, 60;
Steve Kelly, S.J., 60; Anne Montgomery RSCJ, 83

Participants cut fences and walked
onto Strategic Weapons Facility grounds,
carrying a banner, trailing blood, and scattering sunflower seeds.
They hammered symbolically for disarmament.

"As U.S. citizens we are responsible under the Nuremberg Principles
for this threat of first-strike terrorism
hanging over the community of nations, rich and poor.
Moreover, such planning, preparation, and deployment
is a blasphemy against the Creator of life, imaged in each human being."

December 31st update:
Misdemeanor charges dropped,
possible felony charges pending
Disarm Now Plowshares Blog
Press Release
Disarm Now Plowshares statement
Letter to Captain Mark Olsen, Commander US Naval Base
Biographies

Fact sheet: Trident Submarine & Missile System
Various Links to information about Tridents
Nobel Laureates Call for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

Susan Crane: Some thoughts about going onto Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor
Bill Bichsel, S.J.: Lethal Force
Missioning Letter to Bill Bichsel, S.J., from Jesuit provincial
Pictures
News articles (Updated 12/21/09)

Winter 2009 pictures of Jonah House, St. Peter's Cemetery

Philip Berrigan addresses those gathered
at the Dec. Faith and Resistance Retreat

in 2001 after his release from prison for disarming the A-10 Warthogs
(thanks to Bill Streit for finding the audio tape, and Art Milholland for digitalization)
(and, be patient while it gets ready to play)
Liz McAlister gives speech at National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance rally
Hundreds demand Obama end Afghan and Iraq wars, close Guantanamo and Bagram, and surge spending on housing and jobs

61 ARRESTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Dr. Joe Morton pushed back as mounted Park Police clear sidewalks.

Carl Kabat stands next to Plowshares banner, 2009
On August 6, 2009, Fr. Carl Kabat, O.M.I. entered the N-8 missile silo in Colorado, where a Minuteman III nuclear weapon is on hair-trigger alert. Using a household hammer, he began the process of disarmament.

Carl's trial on Dec 21-22, 2009 ended in a judgment of guilty by the jury. The judge sentenced him to time served, and he was released to a gathering of friends.

Fr. Carl Kabat's statement
pictures ... news articles


Jonah House garden used for food pantry and home.
Summer Projects at
Jonah House

(photos)
Luke Mattson, Nichole Hayden carry diluted urine to fertilize orchard.


Map of US Military Bases

Various Video Clips
of actions, talks, and concerns
Photo Gallery

Grand Rapids Dominicans Recognized for Work on Nuclear Disarmament
Order DVD
Conviction
Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares Witness


Micah the llama, our coworker helping to restore St. Peters Cemetery.
Student groups from different universities come to Jonah House for a week to learn about Gospel nonviolence.
Compost Toilet
Animals, our coworkers
Ardeth Platte, OP:
Canner Extrodinaire
Praying Mantis in Garden
Bible Camp

Easy link to all nonviolent actions on this site


Summer Scenes at Jonah House
Pictures of the House and Grounds

St. Peter's Cemetery

Jonah House Brochure
Brothers and Sisters in the Military: "Refuse to Fight! Refuse to Kill!"
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