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Pax Christi Springfield, IL

Pax Christi Springfield originated in the mid-1980's. With the 1987 Springfield Diocesan Project: Year of Peace, member involvement was diverted from the local Pax Christi into this educational effort. Eight hundred Catholics across the diocese participated in a course on the U.S. Bishops' Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response.

Pax Christi senses a great lack of understanding on the part of many Catholics about Christ's challenge to be nonviolent peacemakers.  Springfield's goal is to prayerfully support and encourage the workings for peace by Catholics in light of the words of the Jesus, the Holy Father, and Church teachings.
 

Schedule & Events

Date & Time Title
Jan 1 2009 12:00pm - 4:00pm Camp Hope Kickoff in Hyde Park
Jan 2 2009 2:00pm - 4:00pm Health Care Forum with Dr. Quentin Young
Jan 3 2009 7:00pm - 8:00pm Emancipation Proclamation Pageant- Hyde Park Union Church
Jan 5 2009 3:00pm - 9:00pm Vigil, Walk and Screening - "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Jan 7 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm Evening discussion on withdrawal of troops from Iraq
Jan 8 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm "Abandoning War: A Peoples' Agenda" featuring Col. Ann Wright, Michael McPhearson,and Stephen Kinzer
Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm "Meltdown: Connecting the Pieces" with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Premiere Showing of "War on the Family"
Jan 10 2009 3:00pm - 5:00pm Faithful Politics: An Interfaith Dialogue- hosted by Wicker Park Grace
Jan 10 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm Myths and Realities about U.S. War in Afghanistan -A Presentation by Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid
Jan 11 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Witness Against Torture Forum: From Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago
Jan 12 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Economic Justice Forum
Jan 14 2009 8:00am - 5:00pm Camp Hope for Peace in the Middle East - Hosted by the American Friends Service Committee
Jan 14 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm The Gaza Crisis: What the Media Isn't Telling Us - A Presentation by Ali Abunimah
Jan 15 2009 8:00am - 5:30pm Join the Immigrant and Human Rights Community, Labor, Faith-Based and Community Organizations at Camp Hope
Jan 15 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm Forum and Discussion: “Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights”
Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm Blackwater Worldwide In Illinois and Beyond: The Dangers of Outsourcing Our Security
Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Screening and Discussion - "Taxi to the Dark Side" Followed by Discussion with Former Guard, Sonja De Santiago
Jan 17 2009 10:00am - 12:00pm Eco-Justice Collaborative- Morning Presentation and Walk to Vigil Site
Jan 17 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Political Satirist Dave Lippman and the Singing C.I.A. Agent formerly known as George Shrub
Jan 18 2009 8:00am - 6:00pm Closing of Camp Hope with Candlelight Vigil- Sending off of Caravan to DC
Jan 18 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Nature of Racism Lecture Discussion: Neo-Racism and the Myth of a Post-Racial US American Empire
Jan 19 2009 3:30pm - 6:00pm Vigil at the Federal Building to celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday