Author: Mary Ellen Quinn

Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza drew over 35 peace activists to the Bangor office of Rep. Jared Golden on Saturday February 3, 2024. 0

Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza drew over 35 peace activists to the Bangor office of Rep. Jared Golden on Saturday February 3, 2024.

The Maine Coalition for Palestine joined with others including the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Waldo County Peace and Justice and Pax Christi Maine in a nonviolent action to protest the slaughter...

A Call to Close Guantanamo was held on January 14, 2024 at the Augusta Armory. 0

A Call to Close Guantanamo was held on January 14, 2024 at the Augusta Armory.

January 11, 2024 marked the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Since the year 2002, 780 men and boys, all of them Muslim, have been tortured and abused at...

Pax Christi members join over a thousand Mainers for a Day of Action for Gun Safety at the State House in Augusta on January 3, 2024 0

Pax Christi members join over a thousand Mainers for a Day of Action for Gun Safety at the State House in Augusta on January 3, 2024

On the first day of the new legislative session, gun safety advocates from across Maine filled the halls of the State House to hold a press conference and demonstrate widespread support for enacting significant...

Christian Organizations Demand Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza. Pax Christi Maine adds signature to a statement initiated by FOSNA – A Christian Voice for Palestine: Friends of Sabeel North America 0

Christian Organizations Demand Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza. Pax Christi Maine adds signature to a statement initiated by FOSNA – A Christian Voice for Palestine: Friends of Sabeel North America

“As a diverse coalition of Christian voices longing for justice in the Holy Land, we are horrified at the loss of innocent life in Israel and the genocidal massacre, destruction and inhumane siege on...

Pax Christi Maine Fall Retreat to be held Sunday Nov 5, 2023 1:00 – 4:00 pm on zoom Transfiguration of Jesus – Who Do You Say I Am? 0

Pax Christi Maine Fall Retreat to be held Sunday Nov 5, 2023 1:00 – 4:00 pm on zoom Transfiguration of Jesus – Who Do You Say I Am?

Please join us for retreat! The public ministry of Jesus is grounded in his experience of being loved. We will open ourselves to the power of Spirit and Love to walk with Jesus as he...

Urgent Call for Ceasefire in Palestine/Israel War – PCUSA joins other national Catholic Organizations urging Pres. Biden to support ceasefire and humanitarian aid 0

Urgent Call for Ceasefire in Palestine/Israel War – PCUSA joins other national Catholic Organizations urging Pres. Biden to support ceasefire and humanitarian aid

On Friday, October 20, Pax Christi USA and more than two dozen other national Catholic organizations sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to take the necessary steps to de-escalate the conflict...

Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament    and Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration held on August 5, 2023 at Davenport Park in Bangor 0

Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament and Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration held on August 5, 2023 at Davenport Park in Bangor

Pax Christi greater Bangor along with the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine hosted a second annual Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament and Hiroshima/Nagasaki 78th Anniversary Commemoration. Over thirty people including faith...

Call to Close Guantanamo – Augusta, Maine National Guard Armory on January 14, 2023 0

Call to Close Guantanamo – Augusta, Maine National Guard Armory on January 14, 2023

END 21 YEARS OF INDEFINITE DETENTION AND TORTURE! Co-sponsoring groups – Pax Christi Maine; Peace Action Maine; Maine Veterans for Peace; Witness Against Torture; ME International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom; PeaceWorks of...

Pax Christi Anniversary Celebration ~ PC MA (30yrs); PC RI (20yrs); PC ME (40yrs); PC USA      (50yrs) in Dedham, MA on October 29, 2022 0

Pax Christi Anniversary Celebration ~ PC MA (30yrs); PC RI (20yrs); PC ME (40yrs); PC USA (50yrs) in Dedham, MA on October 29, 2022

Three Pax Christi regions joined with Pax Christi USA at St. Susanna Church in Dedham, MA on October 29, 2022 to celebrate collectively 140 years of Peacemaking and Gospel Nonviolence. Pax Christi members from...

PCUSA Celebrates 50 yrs. of Peacemaking! National Conference held in Washington DC          August 5-7, 2022 0

PCUSA Celebrates 50 yrs. of Peacemaking! National Conference held in Washington DC August 5-7, 2022

Pax Christi Maine members were among over 400 guests at the national gathering. Members of Pax Christi communities from all across the country came together to celebrate the work of Pax Christi USA begun...