In 1990, what
is now known as Pax Christi Northern
California was founded as a region
of Pax Christi USA. The region is a
loose affiliation of twenty some Pax
Christi groups.
Pax Christi's USA priorities are
- the
spirituality of nonviolence and
peacemaking
-
disarmament, demilitarization,
and reconciliation with justice
-
economic and interracial justice
in the United States
- Human
Rights and global restoration.
Pax Christi USA promotes Christian
nonviolence on the personal,
communal, national, and
international levels. Believing in
the gospel call to conversion as
found in the Beatitudes, Pax Christi
USA denounces and resists the evils
of violence while striving to
reflect the Peace of Christ.
Pax Christi Northern California
supports its chapter members by,
among other things, hosting two
annual events, a day of information,
and a day of prayer.
The photos above
were taken on at the
November 1, 2008, Day of Information
featuring speaker Lorin Peters, a
peace activist, teacher of
non-violence for 36 years, and a
member of Christian peacemaker teams
in Israel-Palestine. His
presentation covered
-
Gandhi's
rediscovery of non-violence
-
a short
history of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
-
peacemaking
in Palestine
-
issues in
peacemaking
