Abolish Nuclear Weapons Faith and Resistance Retreat
August 5-6 and August 8-9
St Stephen and the Incarnation, Washington DC
Special Guest Speaker August 8: Frida Berrigan
36 people arrested
at Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex,
Oak Ridge Tennessee
during Resistance for a Nuclear Free Future Gathering
celebrating 30 years of The Nuclear Resister, Nukewatch and Plowshares
Students at Jonah House on alternative break
from St. John's/St. Ben's and Loyola Univ Chicago, and students from Sister's Academy in Baltimore
part of video shown in NY at NPT conference! Global Voices in Disarmament
Theme: "Put away the sword," the last words of Jesus during his arrest. Pope Benedict XVI in his Jan 1, 2010 Angelus message said, "I would like to call out to the consciences of those who form part of armed groups of any kind. To each and every one, I say: Stop, reflect and abandon the path of violence!"
On Wednesday we will begin with dinner and a Tenebrae Service, and on Thursday and Friday continue with prayer, reflection and witness. Please join us. Call 410-233-6238 for more information
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."
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.
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