Pax Christi, the Peace of Christ, strives to create a world that reflects this peace by witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. Although the majority of members are Roman Catholic, Pax Christi is open to all people who want to work for peace in the spirit of the nonviolent Jesus.
Pax Christi Memphis meets the second Tuesday of
every month at the
University of Memphis Catholic Center
Click here to read
Linda Raiteri's article in
The West Tennessee Catholic
Pax Christi: A Vow of Nonviolence
News and Notes
Number 4, 2012
April Meeting
The members who gathered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (our last meeting at this venue) viewed an episode from the video A Force More Powerful. This segment recounted the history of the lunch counter sit-ins by black students in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1980's.
Members' responses to the film on the Nashville sit-ins:
"The training and preparation of the protesters was impressive. In some sense all spiritual practice and religious education should aim to sensitize us to injustice and prepare us to confront it creatively and nonviolently." (Mike Watson)
"I think Jim Lawson was totally convinced of the efficacy of nonviolence and through his certainty was able to persuade the students and train them in nonviolent methods. I think this requires tremendous courage and
integrity. I think he was centered and had integrated nonviolence principles. They were no longer something
outside of him. The need for training underlies the necessity of practice, of discipline. Disciples practice the
disciplines -- of prayer, of meditation, whatever. They rehearse. It is like any learning process. One keeps
doing it until it is part of one's way of being." (Linda Raiteri)
May Meeting
Pax Christi Memphis inaugurated a new relationship with the Catholic Student Center at the University of Memphis by meeting in the Center's facility on Mynders Avenue. Ed Wallin gave a history of the Catholic Student Center and its stand against racism. Ed then introduced Sam Mauck, who is Director of Campus and Young Adult Ministries for the Diocese of Memphis. Sam spoke of priorities for campus ministry, namely, forming a faith community, justice, and leadership skills. Kathleen Glackin, Assistant Catholic Campus Minister, also spoke. Pax Christi members contributed to the discussion with questions and comments.
The assembled members gave a blessing to Paul Crum who will be participating in a mission trip to Trujillo, Honduras, in June. The prayers of Pax Christi Memphis will go with Paul.
No meeting in June The next meeting of Pax Christi Memphis will be on July 10 at the Catholic Student Center.
Member News
Father John Atkinson is in residence at Allen Morgan Healthcare, # 256, 177 North Highland Street, 38111. This facility is part of the Trezevant Manor complex; the entrance to Allen Morgan is on Waynoka Avenue just off Highland Street. Father John's phone number is 515-2950.
Jackie Dulle, formerly of Pax Christi Memphis, lives now in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and has sent us notice of events related to the Los Alamos nuclear facility. "Vision Without Fission" takes place from August 3-6. This weekend is a collaboration of Pax Christi NM, Nuclear Watch NM, Occupy Santa Fe, Veterans for Peace SF, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, and Trinity Nuclear Abolition. Pax Christi Memphis is invited to participate in solidarity through prayer. A related website is found at http://NukeFreeNow.org for those interested in participating in New Mexico.
NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON PAX CHRISTI
The national leadership of Pax Christi USA is participating with Pax Christi members in dialogue about framing an agenda as our movement looks to the future. The following link gives dates and places for these discussions. http://paxchristiusa.org/programs/regional-dialogues-2012-13/
Agenda ItemsMembers' responses to the film on the Nashville sit-ins:
"The training and preparation of the protesters was impressive. In some sense all spiritual practice and religious education should aim to sensitize us to injustice and prepare us to confront it creatively and nonviolently." (Mike Watson)
"I think Jim Lawson was totally convinced of the efficacy of nonviolence and through his certainty was able to persuade the students and train them in nonviolent methods. I think this requires tremendous courage and
integrity. I think he was centered and had integrated nonviolence principles. They were no longer something
outside of him. The need for training underlies the necessity of practice, of discipline. Disciples practice the
disciplines -- of prayer, of meditation, whatever. They rehearse. It is like any learning process. One keeps
doing it until it is part of one's way of being." (Linda Raiteri)
May Meeting
Pax Christi Memphis inaugurated a new relationship with the Catholic Student Center at the University of Memphis by meeting in the Center's facility on Mynders Avenue. Ed Wallin gave a history of the Catholic Student Center and its stand against racism. Ed then introduced Sam Mauck, who is Director of Campus and Young Adult Ministries for the Diocese of Memphis. Sam spoke of priorities for campus ministry, namely, forming a faith community, justice, and leadership skills. Kathleen Glackin, Assistant Catholic Campus Minister, also spoke. Pax Christi members contributed to the discussion with questions and comments.
The assembled members gave a blessing to Paul Crum who will be participating in a mission trip to Trujillo, Honduras, in June. The prayers of Pax Christi Memphis will go with Paul.
No meeting in June The next meeting of Pax Christi Memphis will be on July 10 at the Catholic Student Center.
Member News
Father John Atkinson is in residence at Allen Morgan Healthcare, # 256, 177 North Highland Street, 38111. This facility is part of the Trezevant Manor complex; the entrance to Allen Morgan is on Waynoka Avenue just off Highland Street. Father John's phone number is 515-2950.
Jackie Dulle, formerly of Pax Christi Memphis, lives now in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and has sent us notice of events related to the Los Alamos nuclear facility. "Vision Without Fission" takes place from August 3-6. This weekend is a collaboration of Pax Christi NM, Nuclear Watch NM, Occupy Santa Fe, Veterans for Peace SF, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, and Trinity Nuclear Abolition. Pax Christi Memphis is invited to participate in solidarity through prayer. A related website is found at http://NukeFreeNow.org for those interested in participating in New Mexico.
NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON PAX CHRISTI
The national leadership of Pax Christi USA is participating with Pax Christi members in dialogue about framing an agenda as our movement looks to the future. The following link gives dates and places for these discussions. http://paxchristiusa.org/programs/regional-dialogues-2012-13/
If you have anything you want to have discussed at our regular meeting, contact one of the members of the planning team at least ten days before the next meeting. Team members are Judy Bettice, Linda Raiteri, Altonette Stone and Janice Vanderhaar.
Prayer is the basis of all peacemaking precisely because in prayer we come to the realization that we do not belong to the world in which conflicts and wars take place, but to him who offers us his peace. (Henri Nouwen in Peacework)
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