Category: Campaigns

Campaigns that Pax Christi is involved with

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Peace, Power, and Protest: Prophets for a New World

Our friends at the Student Christian Movement and Fellowship of Reconciliation are holding a joint annual conference, Peace, Power, and Protest: Prophets for a New World.

The conference takes place over the weekend of 14-16 February at The Hayes conference centre in Swanwick. The them of the conference is peace.

It offers a chance to reflect on what Jesus meant by peace, how we can bring healing and reconciliation to our communities and how faith can speak truth to power. A conference for anyone interested in faith, spirituality, peace and justice.

Matt, Pax Christi’s education worker, is facilitating a workshop at this event and the Pax Christi Icon of Peace will be a prayer focus throughout the weekend.

Special Early Bird ticket cost just £50 (before 31st December). £60 full price ticket.

More details and bookings here

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Peace Education and the Centenary of World War One

Peace Education Network LogoThe next Peace Education Network Skills Share Workshop will be on Thursday 14 November from 5pm – 7pm, at Friends House, Euston, London and will explore Peace Education and the Centenary of World War One

In this workshop Don Rowe, formerly Director of Curriculum Resources for the Citizenship Foundation, will introduce participants to materials being developed for both primary and secondary schools in relation to the centenary commemoration of World War One.

Don will encourage participants to explore the issues of bias (being non-partisan), how to develop student’s capacity for moral reasoning and empathy development, as well as overcoming resistance to ‘moral messages.’

For many years Don has written extensively about the issues facing teachers tackling controversial issues in the classroom and this workshop will draw upon this experience.

To book a place at this workshop contact Matt Jeziorski

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5 – 12 October Drone Week of Action 2013

TDrone Week2013he Drone Campaign Network of which Pax Christi is a member, is organising the third annual Week of Action on drones to promote understanding and resistance to the growing use of drones and remote warfare. Order a resource pack info@dronecampaignnetwork.org.uk to help you plan local events. It includes:

a recent briefing on drones, badges,ground the drones stencil, drones bury beautiful lives leaflets & postcards and week of action posters A3 & A2

See a full listing of events here – taking place in Oxfordshire, Lincoln, Menworth Hill, Coventry, Birmingham, Cardigan, Leicester, York, Waddington and London

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World Week for Peace in Palestine & Israel (WWPPI)

WWIP_Bookmark22 – 28 September, 2013.  Pax Christi is promoting this World Council of Churches initiative.  Resources can be found here https://www.paxchristi.org.uk/wall1.php

Planned events

  • Lichfield. 21 September. Market from 4.00pm and illustrated talk at 7.00pm. Lichfield Methodist Church, Tamworth Street, WS13 6JH. Speaker Gwen Blackwell, from Women’s International Solidarity Movement who has worked in Bil’in, West Bank.
  • Fairlie, Largs, 24 September, 7-9pm. Fairlie Parish Church, 89 Main Road, Fairlie, Largs, KA29 0AD. An evening of stories from recent trips to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by Christian Aid, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Scotland, with prayers for peace.
  • Newcastle upon Tyne.  26 September, 7.30.  Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.  Brunswick Methodist Church, NE1 7BJ.
  • London. 28 September, 2-3pm.  Ecumenical service and gathering. The Garden, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road,  NW1 2BJ. With Bishop William Kenney, RC Diocese of Birmingham, Reverend Paul Dean, URC, Kent and Rev Torbjorn Holt, Chair, Council of Lutheran Churches in the UK.