Pax Christi USA to convene annual conference in Seattle

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July 2007

Pax Christi USA to convene annual conference in Seattle
Pax Christi USA's annual conference, themed The Pursuit of Peace in a Culture of Violence: A National Catholic Conference on Peacemaking, will be held August 10-12, 2007, at Seattle University in Seattle, Washington. The keynote presenter for the conference is Jack Jezreel of JustFaith Ministries. Seminar presenters include:

Camilo Mejia, the first US soldier to publically refuse to fight in the Iraq War and author of Road from ar-Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia
Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Dr. Jamie Phelps, OP, theologian at Xavier University and director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies in New Orleans
Rev. Charles Morris, global warming activist and director of Michigan Interfaith Power and Light
Drs. Jeanette Rodriguez and Ted Fortier, professors at Seattle University and authors of Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith and Identity
Members of the Pax Christi Anti-Racism Team

This year's conference also marks Pax Christi USA's 35th anniversary and will include special events and guests to mark the anniversary.

On Friday, at a pre-conference gathering, Pax Christi USA will host a very special event, A National Grassroots Discernment for the Peoples' Peace Initiative, to gather the voices and experiences from every level of the national Catholic peace and justice movement to articulate the challenges of Catholic peacemaking in the 21st century. Pax Christi local groups and regions are especially encouraged to send a representative to take part in this unprecedented gathering. (Thursday night housing is available.)

For more:

Downloadable Conference Brochure (pdf document)
General Information about the Conference
Program Schedule
Keynote Speaker: Jack Jezreel
Seminars and Seminar Presenters
Pax Christi USA's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Friday's pre-conference gathering: A National Grassroots Discernment on the People's Peace Initiative

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