Hiroshima Day 2008 ~ updated 05.26.2008

The 2008 Hiroshima Day will be August 1 & 2 in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Sr. Helen Prejean, peace activist and author of
Dead Man Walking will be the main speaker. The sack cloth and ashes ceremony will take place again this year. If you plan on attending and/or would like to volunteer, please contact us at info[at]paxchristinewmexico.org.
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Hiroshima: Repentance and Renewal ~ updated 07.06.2007

Bud Ryan co-wrote & co-directed a 40 minute
documentary with Stuart Overby.
Hiroshima: Repentance and Renewal provides an overview of the scourge of nuclear weapons and resistance to them from the 1940s until today. Combining archival materials, quotes, and interviews with and footage of peace activists (such as Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire, John Dear, Kathy Kelly, and PCUSA’s Executive Director Dave Robinson), this short DVD uses the annual Hiroshima Day events at Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico to provide information about nuclear weapons and action suggestions. Includes information on how Catholic social teaching is related to nuclear weapons. Great length (38 minutes) for a film/discussion night in your parish or small group!
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Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.
Pax Christi USA commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority in the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
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