Companions on the Journey

Hey, there!

Whew. Ya gotta move when the Spirit says move!

Five days locked up sure makes one grateful for rain, trees, air, life!

It was a good thing to witness with the other women inmates, “in” for street crimes.

It was healing to them for me simply to listen to their troubles and encourage them

to take back control of their own lives and to take the gospel, which some read

daily, seriously. It was an extreemly uncomfortable, yet gratifying time. We sang

Amazing Grace every night and I taught them Alleluia Anyhow, which they loved! Every

time the Blackwater protest came on the news, and on Montel, the women would holler

out to me to tell me about it. Here is a clip for the action itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNTLaJe_JCI If you click on the above, it will open

to a five minute video of the Blackwater witness. To the right of that are related

links. I encourage you to view the Jeremy Scahill short. Jeremy is a friend of

Nicholas’ and wrote the Blackwater book - best selling non-fiction and his first!

He’s an amazingly articulate speaker. There is a note from Rebecca, the producer,

below. It was a Spirit thing.

Blessings and hope, Mary

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Tags: , Blackwater protest, nonviolence resistance

Marisol Hugo sends a link to her local news with an interview of Catholic Workers in jail
after the Blackwater action in NC:
http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=7249332

Tags: , Blackwater demo, jail interviews

Dear Friends, Last night we received a call reporting on an action
that Peter and other Catholic Workers from the East Coast were part
of at the headquarters of Blackwater USA in the Great Dismal Swamp,
NC. Below are photos of the action as well as their statement. Six
of the group are being held on a $1000. bail, Peter being one of
them. They will go to court on Wednesday where they will be
arraigned and possibly bail will be reduced. Right now they are being
charged with resisting arrest, trespassing, and destruction of
property. They are being held at the

Currituck County Jail:
413 Maple Rd.
Maple, NC 27956

It’s said that a picture tells a thousand words, so instead of a
thousand words
you can see pictures at: www.sandbox.stokeddesign.com
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Seven Protesters Arrested at Blackwater’s Headquarters by Bill Sizemore

Seven people were arrested Saturday at Blackwater Worldwide’s front
entrance after protesters re-enacted the Sept. 16 shooting incident in
Baghdad involving Blackwater contractors in which 17 Iraqis died.
It was the first protest at the 10-year-old private military company’s
headquarters, a reflection of its heightened profile since the Baghdad
shootings stirred Iraqi anger and created a diplomatic crisis for
Blackwater’s client, the U.S. State Department.
The protesters drove a small gray station wagon, covered with simulated
bullet holes and smeared with red paint, onto Blackwater’s property. One
lay back in the driver’s seat and five others got out and lay on the
ground, as if they had been shot. Continue Reading »

Tags: , Blackwater protest

Published on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 by CommonDreams.org

by Bill Quigley

TUCSON, Arizona — October 17 — Louis Vitale, 75, a Franciscan priest, and Steve Kelly, 58, a Jesuit priest, were each sentenced today to five months in federal prison for attempting to deliver a letter opposing the teaching of torture at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Both priests were taken directly into jail from the courtroom after sentencing.

Fort Huachuca is the headquarters of military intelligence in the U.S. and the place where military and civilian interrogators are taught how to extract information from prisoners. The priests attempted to deliver their letter to Major General Barbara Fast, commander of Fort Huachuca. Fast was previously the head of all military intelligence in Iraq during the atrocities of Abu Ghraib. Continue Reading »

Tags: 5 months jail, Ft. Huachuca, Louis Vitale, sentenced, Steve Kelly, torture

It was the fall of 1976 as I recall it that we had our first gathering of the ALC - a bow and response and compliment (as well as complement) to the Pacific Life Community and the awesome work that folks were doing there in resistance. We have 31 years under our belt with many powerful witnesses. Thanks to all for each and every moment of love and nonviolence.

Tags: community, nonviolence, resistance

Southern Life Community Gathering
Blackwater USA Protest
October 19-21, 2007

The Southern Life Community will be gathering in Virginia Beach the weekend of October 19-21.

The Southern Life Community is a gathering of faith-based war resisters in the southeast, organized by Virginia and North Carolina Catholic Worker communities.

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Amos and Vinnie, the new Jonah House donkey.

October 5th

Friends,

Frank Cordaro just received thirty days in the Polk County jail after pleading guilty to criminal trespass.

Cordaro, and two other defendants Renee Espeland and Aaron Glynn appeared at the Polk County Court House at 1:00 p.m. today to face trespassing charges they received after the September 21st occupation of Senator Grassley’s office. Continue Reading »