The work of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns on peace is focused on identifying and eliminating the root causes of violence and conflict with a focus on specific regions, expressions of violence and areas of conflict affecting Maryknoll missioners, and U.S. aggression and national security policy (e.g. war on terrorism). The nexus of violence and poverty is clear. Unless we dedicate ourselves to building true human security for all, nations – especially poor ones – will continue to fall victim to an unending cycle of economic, political and social violence.
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on Pope Francis’ Fratelli Tutti
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on U.S. elections 2012: Sustainable peace and security for all
Maryknoll Leadership Statement: A call for the abolition of torture
POLICY BRIEF: Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Invest in Peace
WEBINAR: Nonviolence and the Web of Creation
WEBINAR: Human Rights Advocacy and the Legacy of Sr. Dianna Ortiz
WEBINAR: Rethinking Security in a Pandemic: No Justice, No Peace
WEBINAR: Sanctions — Nonviolent Tool or Lethal Weapon?
WEBINAR: Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Invest in Peace
On Earth Peace and campaign co-sponsors invite congregations and community groups to hold community peace prayer events, or special peace prayers during Sunday worship, on Peace Day — September 21, 2014. Learn more here.
For this month’s Third Thursday alert, call on Congress to stop U.S. complicity in suffering and to support U.S. policy for a just peace in Israel and Palestine.
Fr. Jack Sullivan MM has prepared the following round-up of information about the current crisis in Palestine and Israel.
Brittany McKinley, an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, contributed to this article which was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article, written by Sr. Claris Zwareva, was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The following piece was submitted by Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, and published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article includes an update from Fr. Tom Tiscornia, a Maryknoll missioner who serves in Sudan.
The following piece was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
A peace vigil and march will be held July 25-26 in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the ending of the Korean War. Friday, July 25 Foundry United Methodist Church 1500 16th St NW, Washington, D.C. 10 am – 4 pm – Ecumenical Roundtable 6 pm – Banquet ($25), then viewing of “Memory of Forgotten War,” followed…
The following is a press release announcing that Jesuit Refugee Service Syria has received Pax Christi International’s 2014 Peace Award.
On May 28, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered a Dear Colleague letter addressed to Secretary of State John Kerry articulating concerns and worries about the high levels of violence and impunity that plague Honduras.
Maggie Fogarty and her family lived as Maryknoll lay missioners in Bolivia.
Sr. Mary Ellen Manz served as a missioner in East Africa for many years.
Tent of Nations, a peace project located on the 100-acre Nassar family farm near Bethlehem, came under attack on May 19 by the Israeli military. Between 1,500 and 2,000 mature, fruit-bearing apricot and apple trees and grape vines were destroyed along with terraced land, according to a report by Friends of Tent of Nations North America (FOTONNA).
Following is information on a few critical amendments that the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on during the debate over the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, as well as a call-in script that can be used to express your views on these amendments to your representative.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 17 other organizations in signing a statement expressing concern about the recent beating of Casa Alianza in Honduras.
Gerry Lee, who spent 10 years in Venezuela as a Maryknoll lay missioner, now serves as director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
