Stepping Into the Tragic Gap: Nonviolence and Reconciliation With Nations at War

Submitted by ujpadmin on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 9:45am.

When: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 10:00 am to 10:00 pm

Where: Agape Community • 2062 Greenwich Road • Ware

Start: 2009 Oct 3 - 10:00am

End: 2009 Oct 3 - 10:00pm

The Agape Community Annual St. Francis Day Celebration

Speakers:

Kathy Kelly, veteran peace activist, initiator of the Voices in the Wilderness campaign in Iraq, and current coordinator of Voices for Creative Non-violence.

Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, poet, educator, a founder of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS), speaking on the Jewish Roots of Nonviolence.

Raymond Helmick SJ, Boston College School of Theology, who has worked for reconciliation for years in the Middle East.

Skip Schiel, photo-journalist, teacher, Quaker, Agape Mission Council, photos and comment on this year's multi-year trip to Gaza and The West Bank.

Talal Eid, an Imam beyond borders, peace lover and activist, educator, advocate of freedom of religion, believes in reviving the Abrahamic connections.

The day's activities will also include music and an Interfaith Service. Please bring your own lunch. Pot luck evening meal with music.

For more information, call 413-967-9369 or email peace@agapecommunity.org.