Pentagon Vigil Last Monday of the Month Meet at Jonah House by 5:30 am; car pool to Pentagon Vigil from 7:00 to 8:00 am, return to Jonah House by about 9:30 am. Call Jonah House 410-233-6238 Directions to Jonah House

Festival of Hope - Tacoma, WA

Members of the November 2nd  Disarm Now! Plowshares Action and
Participants of the Journey of Repentance invite you to a

What: FESTIVAL OF HOPE
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Time: 4 PM
Place: 710 So. 13th Street, Tacoma WA,  98405
 
We’ll confirm our exact location at either St. Leo’s Church or St.
Leo’s School (same parking lot) in a follow up message. 
 
The gathering will begin with an ecumenical prayer service followed by
a discussion. We look forward to hearing your ideas and reflections on
nuclear weapons and the nuclear submarine base in our back yard.
 
All are Welcome!
 
Contacts :
Jackie Hudson- 360-286-9036 or jackiehudson123 (at) Yahoo (dot) com
Bill Bichsel – 253-627-4347 or bix (dot) tacoma (at) gmail (dot) com
 
JOURNEY OF REPENTANCE delegates traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August to express repentance for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They listened to, and were inspired by, the stories of the survivors (Hibakusha), who endured incredible suffering but did not choose a path of retaliation. Instead, the Hibakusha serve as non-violent witnesses dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons and eventually all war. Link: http://journeyofrepentance.blogspot.com/
 
DISARM NOW! PLOWSHARES ACTION members entered the Trident Base in the early morning hours of November 2, 2009, All Souls Day, to call attention to the illegality and immorality of the Trident weapons system. Link: http://www.jonahhouse.org/ 

Their statement of intent:
The manufacture and deployment of Trident II missiles, weapons of mass destruction, is immoral and criminal under International Law and, therefore, under United States law.  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 are a blasphemy against the Creator of life, imaged in each human being.

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

the play by Daniel Berrigan
staged by Tim Robbins & The Actors' Gang (more information)