Welcome to Pax Christi Florida

January 13, 2009 — paxchristiflorida

A regional chapter of Pax Christi USA and Pax Christi International   

Mark Your Calendars Today!

Pax Christi Florida Annual Retreat

April 24 and 25, 2010

 

 

with G. Simon Harak, SJ

 

For more information on this and other upcoming events, click here.

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Florida Execution Alert – Feb. 16 at 6:00 p.m.

 

 

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a Death Warrant for Martin Grossman to be killed on Feb. 16, 2010 at 6:00pm. Grossman was convicted of the 1984 killing of Florida Wildlife Officer, Margaret “Peggy” Park.   Pax Christi Florida members and friends are urged to publicly stand in opposition to the use of the death penalty. 

  • For a prayer service that can be used during the time of an execution, click here.
  • For action suggestions, click here.
  • For additional resources, click here and scroll down to “Death Penalty Resources”.
  • Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) is joining with other organizations calling on Gov. Crist to halt the execution and to grant Martin Grossman a clemency hearing to consider commuting his sentence from death to life in prison.  Please click here to sign the petition. 

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How YOU can help Haiti!

 

 Pax Christi Florida joins the world community in expressing its deepest sympathy and heartfelt support to all those impacted by the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12.   In Pax Christi Florida’s January 2010 Special Edition e-newsletter focused on Haiti, you will find resources which we hope provide avenues in which to pray, contribute and advocate on behalf of our Haitian brothers and sisters!  (Click here to download).  PCF will continue to share additional information, prayers, and action ideas as they become available.  NOTE:  In the near future, we will be providing you with information in which you can make contributions to Pax Christi Haiti…details are currently being worked out.

We are deeply grateful to inform you that word came yesterday (1/13/10)that  Pax Christi Haiti’s executive director, Wilda Mondestin, was alive and assisting in the relief effort and today we learned that Daniel Tillias, long-time member of the Pax Christi Haiti’s coordinating team, also survived.

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Maureen and Al O’Connell of Pax Christi Palm Beach welcome Trail of Dream walkers in Lake Worth, FL.  Please lend your support as these courageous walkers make their way north through our state on the way to Washington, DC.  For more information and to follow their jouney, click here.

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 It is with great joy that Pax Christi USA announced the completion of The People’s Peace Initiative, an unprecedented and far-reaching project that included the input of thousands of U.S. Catholics from twenty-one national Catholic organizations, as well as parishes, diocesan offices, small faith communities (including Pax Christi Florida members and local chapters), campuses and other ministries within our Church!  The project was begun in 2003, on the 20th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ peace pastoral and the 40th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical on peace, Pacem in Terris, with the aim of ultimately articulating a “people’s peace letter” capturing the “sense of the faithful” regarding the intersection between faith and peace for the 21st century.

  • To read the document in English, click here.
  • To read it in Spanish, click here.
  • Other additional documents, including the 4-page executive summary and press release, can be found here, on the main page for the People’s Peace Initiative.

Bishop Gabino Zavala, Bishop-President of Pax Christi USA stated:  “This document is both a survey and synopsis, representing the input of thousands of Catholics working on issues as far-ranging as immigration, nuclear disarmament, gun violence, poverty and everything in between. It is a challenge to all of us to expand our understanding of peace, nonviolence, and justice as we move forward with our work in the years ahead.”

Pax Christi Florida joins Pax Christi USA in thanking all those who offered input for this document.

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 Pax Christi News

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Pax Christi In The News - articles about peacemakers in our state, nation, and world plus other articles of interest.

PCF Photos:  To view photos from PCF’s 2009 Assembly (September 2009), click here.  For more photos of the assembly on PCUSA’s web site, click here.

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