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 gun safety laws! The mass shooting in Lewiston on October 25, 2023 in which 18 people […]
Articles by: Mary Ellen Quinn
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 civilians in Gaza. We are likewise heartbroken and outraged by the cruelty and complicity of U.S. […]
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 begins a new phase of his ministry leaving Palestine toward Jerusalem, the center of power. Through […]
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 in Israel-Palestine, including calling for a humanitarian ceasefire and for all parties to prioritize corridors for […]
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 leaders from different traditions and peacemakers from a variety of backgrounds, gathered together to pray, to […]
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 Greater Brunswick Maine; Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm; Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. […]
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 Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine participated both in person and through online options. The Assembly opened […]
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 in 1972 and still going strong in 2022. Johnny Zokovitch and the national office staff went […]
An Interfaith Prayer Service for Nuclear Disarmament was held at Davenport Park in Bangor on August 6, 2022
Thirty five community members participated in a prayer service hosted by Pax Christi greater Bangor. Several interfaith leaders as well as a number of peace & justice advocates gathered to share prayers, scripture readings, reflections, music and commentary on the need to relinquish our country’s reliance on weapons of war […]
On August 6, 2022, Pax Christi Maine joined several peace groups in Lewiston/Auburn to declare a ‘Recommitment to No Nuclear War!’
Events of the day included several speakers at the Gendron Franco Center and a solemn walk to the Dr. Bernard Lown Peace Bridge. Dr. Lown who was born in Lithuania emigrated as a young person with family to Lewiston. He later became a cardiologist and along with Soviet cardiologist Dr. […]
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