Sudan: War in the north continues
The following article includes an update from Fr. Tom Tiscornia, a Maryknoll missioner who serves in Sudan.
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Peace and Nonviolence
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
Honduras: Five years post-coup
The following piece was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
61st anniversary of Korean War armistice
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…
Pax Christi International Peace Award 2014 goes to Jesuit Refugee Service Syria
The following is a press release announcing that Jesuit Refugee Service Syria has received Pax Christi International’s 2014 Peace Award.
Honduras: House members express grave concerns
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.
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maggie Fogarty and her family lived as Maryknoll lay missioners in Bolivia.
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sr. Mary Ellen Manz served as a missioner in East Africa for many years.
Tent of Nations trees, terraces destroyed by Israeli military
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).
TODAY: National call in day to close Guantanamo
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.
Honduras: Maryknoll joins public statement on beating of Casa Alianza director
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.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Gerry Lee, who spent 10 years in Venezuela as a Maryknoll lay missioner, now serves as director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Venezuela: Complex reality
What is happening in Venezuela, rocked since early February by weeks of almost daily protests?
Philippines: Peace accord with rebels
On March 27, the Philippine government signed a historic peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), granting the southern Mindanao region political autonomy in exchange for laying down their arms and ending their demand for a separate Islamic state.
Korea: Options for peace
Why is there an Asia Pivot and why did President Obama declare the U.S. a Pacific power?
Syria: Unabated violence
The following article was written by Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International and former director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (MOGC).
Honduras: State of independent journalism
On April 11, Carlos Mejía Orellana, a radio journalist and staff member at the Jesuit-sponsored community radio station Radio Progreso, was attacked and stabbed to death in his home in the town of El Progreso.
South Sudan: Will resurrection occur?
The following reflection was written in early April by Br. Bill Firman, an Australian De La Salle brother and friend of Maryknoll who works in Juba.
Africa: Views from Capitol Hill
The U.S. seems to have two contrasting perspectives on Africa: “Africa Rising” and Africa as “security threat.”