Pax Christi Florida, founded in 1982, is a regional section of Pax Christi USA and Pax Christi International.
Join us for Pax Christi Florida’s 2012 Retreat, April 14 and 15.
For more information and to register, click here.
From Ashes to Resurrection: Dust to New Life
Colleen Kelly, our 2011 Teacher of Peace award recipient, honored for her work as co-founder of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization dedicated to turning grief into action for peace has co-authored this 40th anniversary edition of our Lenten reflection book. Colleen and her daughter Bronagh Jones wrote this as a team. Colleen is a proud Mom as well as a family nurse practitioner in a large Bronx high school clinic. Bronagh Jones is a sophomore at Preston High School in the Bronx, New York. Bronagh says she has learned a lot about peacemaking from her two older brothers. Bronagh is involved in her church youth group, and she loves, loves to read. Bronagh wrote the reflections for each Friday this Lent. Colleen’s brother was lost in the tragic violence in NY on 9/11. Our authors write from their experiences and we are honored to share them with you in From Ashes to Resurrection: Dust to New Life. To 0rder, click here.
Lenten “Caring for Creation” Calendar 2012
The Environmental Outreach Committee, Department of Charity and Justice, Archdiocese of Washington, suggests the following spiritual reflections, sacrificial actions, and practical suggestions everyone can consider during Lent. They are a way to help you grow in your commitment to be a wise steward of God’s Creation now and for future generations. You are invited you to use this Lenten calendar creatively in your preparations for Easter. Click here to link to calendar.
Journey into Light – Lent 2012
Christians are not people of the cross. Christians are people of the empty tomb who know that every step on the way to light is Light. – Joan Chittister. Click here to learn more and to order.
Realizing how important this election is, NETWORK – the Catholic Social Justice Lobby in Washington, DC, organized a coalition of national Catholic organizations working to build on the momentum they helped create during the 2008 election.
The coalition, called Election 2012: Catholics Vote for the Common Good, is working to mobilize Catholics across the U.S. in order to challenge candidates to commit to working for the good of all. In 2012, the goal is to create common-good* platforms for each state and the District of Columbia, which will be signed and delivered to candidates and public officials. Each of these 51 individual platforms will be written with the input of people in that state or the District of Columbia, and they will include a national preamble designed to outline a common-good perspective.
Pax Christi Florida was blessed to have Jean Sammon of NETWORK as our assembly leader last October during which time Pax Christi Florida was provided the opportunity to be one of the first in Florida to provide input into the Platform for the Common Good from our state. To learn more about this project, click here.
Thanks to PCF Council Member, Jim Rucquoi, video samplings from PCF’s assembly are available via YouTube…see below. Photographs of PCF’s assembly were provided by Maureen O’Connell and Nancy O’Byrne and are found in the right-hand column.
Next Year’s Wars – 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2012
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Louise Arbour, Foreign Policy
To read, click here.
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Issues to Watch in 2012
Nine Topics that will shape debate in state legislatures in 2012
Governing magazine, January 2012
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Latest Pax Christi Newsletters
NOTE: Due to the size of some of the e-newsletter, they may take a few minutes to download.
Pax Christi Florida’s February 2012 e-newsletter
Pax Christi USA’s Dec 2011/Jan 2012 e-newsletter
Pax Christi International’s February 2012 e-newsletter
For additional Pax Christi and news items of interest, click here.
she moves me
blogging for mother earth
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PCF Council Member, Jim Rucquoi
i want to sit on this rock with you awhile, friend, think out loud a bit. first up, these new readings i’ve bumped into that continue to shake me awake. ever since starting out on my bike three years ago for mother earth, mother’s been whispering in my ear something fierce. after climate ride california last year i can think of little else. scattered news of old that held me in its addictive clutches fails to move me anymore. you move me, mother, front & center at last.
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Photos from Pax Christi Events
In right column, you will find photos of Pax Christi Florida’s 2011 Assembly, God, Country, and the Common Good led by Jean Sammon of NETWORK – Catholic Social Justice Lobby in Washington, DC. This event was held October 15 and 16 at the Life Enrichment Center in Fruitland Park, Florida. For additional Pax Christi Florida event photos, click here.
