Dear <<First Name>>,
Christmas greetings to you and yours! I hope you enjoy a safe and festive holiday!
Here are a few updates on what has been happening at the Center. Thank you for all you do to support the Center, students, and faculty. Peace,
Patrick Kennelly, Director
Christmas Reflection
Excerpt from "A Christmas prayer for peace"
By John Dear
This Christmas, give us the grace to imitate [Jesus'] life, to become new people of creative nonviolence like him. Help us to become practitioners of peace, contemplatives of peace, teachers of peace, apostles of peace, prophets of peace. Help us abolish systemic injustice, resist empire, end war, dismantle weapons, and study war no more, that we might reverence life and creation as he did.
Bless us that we might be your beloved sons and daughters, peacemakers, people who love one another, love our neighbors, and love our nation's enemies. Bless us that we might be a new Christmas people, who, like Mary and Joseph, welcome Christ into the world, see Christ in the poor, serve Christ in the world's children, raise Christ through our nonviolent actions, and bring Christ's Christmas gift of peace on earth to fruition in our lives and work.
A Christmas prayer for peace | National Catholic Reporter
In the News
Near West Side recap and updates
This year we celebrated the seven year anniversary of the PARC initiative and our collaboration with the Near West Side Partners. article shares about the partnerships and model that allows the MPS Success Center to serve MPS students, with an emphasis on their mental, social, and emotional health.
Near West Side Partners, Marquette focus on neighborhood vitality | Marquette Today
Near West Side Partners celebrates 7 years of service | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
In the News
Rome conference focuses on nonviolence in the church
The conference, hosted by Pax Christi International's Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, took place in Rome from December 5-7. The theme was "Pope Francis, Nonviolence and the Fullness of Pacem in Terris." It received many mentions in the media.
Rome meeting focuses on grassroots efforts to promote nonviolence | National Catholic Reporter
Bishop Stowe celebrates Pope Francis' renewal of peacemaking in the church | National Catholic Reporter
Pope Francis, Nonviolence and the Fullness of Pacem in Terris 2022 conference | Catholic Nonviolence Initiative
In the News
Center co-founder attends, reflects on Rome conference
Dr. Terry Rynne, co-founder of the Center for Peacemaking and instructor in Peace Studies at Marquette, published a reflection on his participation in the recent conference in Rome on Gospel nonviolence.
New Rome conference on Gospel nonviolence could serve as push for papal encyclical | National Catholic Reporter
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