“Choosing Peace” now available
Winner of the 2019 Catholic Social Teaching book award from the Catholic Press Association From Orbis Books: “Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church returns to Gospel nonviolence,” edited by Marie Dennis, […]
Webinar: CNI accomplishments and next steps, fall 2017
Watch/listen to this webinar here. Since its creation in 2016, CNI has celebrated a number of positive effects, such as Pope Francis’ 2017 World Day of Peace message, “Nonviolence: A […]
CNI roundtables begin
Jasmin Nario-Galace, Eli McCarthy and Francisco DeRoux, SJ, at the April 2016 Nonviolence & Just Peace conference September 2017 — The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative (CNI) is focused on promoting a […]
Online course: Strengthening civilian capacities to protect civilians
This online course is taught by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and is offered for college credit through Merrimack College. Session 1 starts May 22. Unarmed […]
The nonviolent resistance of Jesus / La résistance nonviolente de Jésus
The following essays — the first on driving of the moneychangers from the Temple, the second on Jesus’ refusal to condemn the woman caught in adultery — were written by Dr. […]
Women at the heart of nonviolence
Following is the address given by Marie Dennis at the 2017 Voices of Faith event, held at the Vatican on March 8 (shown above.) Almost a year ago, 85 people […]
Women peacemakers: We need to listen to their voices
Voices of Faith advances the role of women in the Catholic Church and supports them in their infinite potential to create meaningful change for the common good, contributing fully to […]
Pope Francis’s peacebuilding pedagogy
Following is a commentary written by Dr. Gerald Schlabach, one of the participants in the 2016 Nonviolence & Just Peace conference, on Pope Francis’s 2017 World Day of Peace message. Dr. […]
World Day of Peace message 2017 calls for lives of “active nonviolence”
En français En español December 12, 2016 – Today in his message Nonviolence: A style of politics for peace, for the 50th World Day of Peace, celebrated each year on […]
Game changer? by Rose Marie Berger
Following are excerpts from Game Changer? What if 1.2 billion Catholics embraced gospel nonviolence?, Rose Marie Berger’s cover story for the December 2016 issue of Sojourners magazine. “Just war is killing us! There is no just war.” That proclamation by a Catholic sister from Iraq, and others like it, resounded […]
Webinar #4: Outcomes, implementation from Nonviolence & Just Peace conference
The fourth and final webinar of this series on the landmark Nonviolence & Just Peace conference was held on Friday, November 18. Listen and watch the slides from the webinar here. Archbishop […]
November 18, webinar #4: Outcomes, implementation from Nonviolence & Just Peace conference
The fourth and final webinar of this series on the landmark Nonviolence & Just Peace conference will discuss the outcomes of the conference and particularly the consensus document, “An Appeal to […]
Webinar #3, Nonviolence and Just Peace: Moving beyond war
Merwyn de Mello and Fr. Pat Cunningham on the final evening of the Nonviolence & Just Peace conference; photo by Gerry Lee, Maryknoll The third in our series of four […]
Webinars
Fall 2017: Accomplishments and next steps, held 7 November 2017 Fall 2016: Webinar #1, An introduction to the Nonviolence & Just Peace conference Webinar #2, Experiences of nonviolence and Jesus’ way […]
Webinar #2: Experiences of nonviolence and Jesus’ way of nonviolence
Photo: Dr. Terry Rynne, Sr. Wamuyu Wachira, and Fr. Jamal Khader at the April 2016 Nonviolence & Just Peace conference. Photo by Gerry Lee, Maryknoll. The second in a series […]