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Lenten Vigil for Disarmament at Bath Iron Works – February to April 2021 0

Lenten Vigil for Disarmament at Bath Iron Works – February to April 2021

Our good friends, Maureen & George Ostensen from Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm in Hope host this important witness each year during Lent and Advent. People of faith and conscience come together to say ‘NO’ to the continued...

Pax Christi Maine welcomed Sr. Gail Worcelo as retreat facilitator – September 26/27, 2020 0

Pax Christi Maine welcomed Sr. Gail Worcelo as retreat facilitator – September 26/27, 2020

Summary by Elaine G. McGillicuddy, a Pax Christi member and participant Our Pax Christi Maine community gathered on zoom for a weekend retreat on September 26 & 27, 2020. The retreat was led by...

We Need to Prepare for Ongoing Insurrectionary Violence and Address its Root Causes – by Maria J. Stephen for Waging Nonviolence 0

We Need to Prepare for Ongoing Insurrectionary Violence and Address its Root Causes – by Maria J. Stephen for Waging Nonviolence

To prevent future far right violence, first we need accountability. Then we must build movements capable of transforming our social, political and economic systems. Following the January 6th insurrectionary attack on the U.S. Capitol...

Remembering the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – August 6&9, 1945 0

Remembering the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – August 6&9, 1945

To mark the 75th anniversary of the first use of atomic (nuclear) weapons in war, Pax Christi Maine joined with Peace Action Maine, to organize a commemorative event on August 8, 2020 in Payson...

Pax Christi Maine Retreat – Sept. 26 & 27, 2020 0

Pax Christi Maine Retreat – Sept. 26 & 27, 2020

“Widen the Space of Your Tent: Living the Christ Life in a Cosmological ~ Planetary Era” led by Sr. Gail Worcelo, SGM Co-founder of the Green Mountain Monastery and the Thomas Berry Sanctuary in...

Pax Christi Maine members involved in nonviolent actions across our state 0

Pax Christi Maine members involved in nonviolent actions across our state

Pax Christi Maine members across the state have been participating in nonviolent actions in their local areas to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Large protests, mainly led by people of color (BIPOC), have risen...

The Great Reveal – a three part series by Tom Cordaro, PCUSA Ambassador of Peace 0

The Great Reveal – a three part series by Tom Cordaro, PCUSA Ambassador of Peace

Part 1 – Pulling Back the Curtain Part 2 – You are on Your Own Part 3 – Necropolitics & the Racial Constructs This is a three part series on what the coronavirus pandemic...

“The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it” 0

“The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it”

NCR article by Fr. Bryan Massingale “Every white person in this country – I do not care what he says or what she says – knows one thing … that they would not like...

Pax Christi USA – Statement on the death of George Floyd 0

Pax Christi USA – Statement on the death of George Floyd

PC Maine endorses this statement by PCUSA Pax Christi USA is outraged and heartbroken over the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others which reveal a complete disregard for the lives and...

PCUSA – Take Pledge to Protect Others 0

PCUSA – Take Pledge to Protect Others

Washington, D.C. – Individuals across the United States are signing a new pledge to take personal responsibility for protecting others as cities and states reopen despite widespread concerns about how to do so safely...