Category: Church

• South Korean Catholic Church Actively Hopes for Peace and Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula

  

  Urging steadfast commitment to the long and arduous path toward peace, Seoul’s Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung opened the Korean Peninsula Peace-Sharing Forum. Article from LiCAS News.

  Jennie

  December 3, 2024

  Church, Conflict Transformation, Cross-Posts, Korea, Korean Reconciliation Committees, Reconciliation

• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

  

  The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is marked annually on the 29th of November. This year, amidst utter destruction, the world’s gaze is on Gaza, where mothers are too hungry to breastfeed, and aid trucks can scarcely deliver. Cross-post from Vatican News.

  Jennie

  November 29, 2024

  Church, Cross-Posts, Humanitarian Aid, Israel-Palestine

  Displacement, Humanitarian Aid, Internally Displaced People, Israel, Palestine, Refugees, Stateless, UNWRA

• Advent Peacebuilding Experience

  

  Starting on December 1st, Peace Catalyst will be hosting an advent peacebuilding experience with seven practical steps that anyone can take in their own communities to lead to understanding, connection, and collaboration. You’re invited. #Peacebuilding #Advent #Understanding #Connection #Collaboration

  Jennie

  November 28, 2024

  Church, Cross-Posts, Events, Peace Catalyst International

• Reflections on the Catholic Korea Peace Forum, part 1

  

  This year’s Catholic Korea Peace Forum was held from October 16-20th with the participation of young adults from South Korea, the U.S., and Japan. Reporter Hyunjin Jung reports from Catholic News Here and Now.

  Jennie

  November 7, 2024

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Catholic Korea Peace Forum, Church, Cross-Posts, Korea, USA

  activism, Build Peace, Catholic, Catholic Church, End War, Japan, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Peace, South Korea, USA, Young People, Youth

• Meditations on Election Day

  

  Cross-posting these words from Bob Ekblad, biblical meditations for Christians on the United States’ election day. #Election #Meditation #Christian #President #Trump #Harris #Jesus

  Jennie

  November 5, 2024

  Bob Ekblad, Church, Cross-Posts, Jesus’ Way, Nationalism, Trauma Healing, USA

  election, Harris, Jesus, President, Trump, United States

• Our Church Needs to be at the Table of Peace

  

  Crossposting this Video letter on Nuclear Disarmament from Archbishop John C. Wester, from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which he sent to the Catholic Worker National Gathering in Chicago, Oct. 4-6 2024.

  Jennie

  October 29, 2024

  Catholic Worker, Church, Nuclear Disarmament, USA, Video

  Ban the Bomb, Catholic Church, Catholic Worker, Catholics, Cuban Missile Crisis, Denuclearization, Hiroshima, John C Wester, John F Kennedy, Kruschev, Los Alamos, Nagasaki, New Mexico, No to Nuclear, Nuclear Arms Race, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Divestment, Omar Bradley, Peace, Peace Speech, Santa Fe, social justice, Table of Peace

• We need a better kind of polarization: Restoring true unity and diversity in the church

  

  In an age where toxic polarization is so prevalent in society, how can the church model a different way? Larry Lin breaks down toxic polarization and proposes some solutions for Christians in this article.

  Jennie

  September 26, 2024

  Church, Cross-Posts, USA

  Christian Ethics, Church, diversity, healing division, Larry Lin, Lausanne Movement, Sandy Swartzentruber, societal division, toxic polarization, Unity, unity in diversity

• American Repentance Prayer for Sins Against Korean People

  

  At a prayer vigil on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, American Christian activists for peace in Korea prayed a prayer of public repentance for sins Americans have committed against the Korean people.

  Jennie

  July 27, 2024

  Church, Korea, Militarism, Peacebuilders, Revolution of the Heart, USA, Video

  Lent, penitance, prayer, repent