Welcome to the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus!
Upcoming Zoom Programs:
“Following the Nonviolent Jesus and Serving Creation in a Time of Climate Catastrophe,“ with Larry Rasmussen
Saturday June 17, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“No Retiring from the Struggle!—Third Act and the Effort to Mobilize ‘Experienced Americans’ to Fight Climate Change,” with Bill McKibben
Saturday June 24, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Wade in the Water: Following the Nonviolent Jesus Means Pursuing Equality and Justice,”
with Rev. Joseph Brown
Saturday July 15, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Blessed Are the Peacemakers” with Medea Benjamin
Saturday July 29, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Following the Nonviolent Jesus in Palestine,” with Zoughbi Zoughbi
Saturday August 12, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Dr. Cornel West in Conversation with Fr. John Dear”
Saturday September 9, 2023
RESCHEDULED
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: On Engaged Contemplation” with Rev. Adam Bucko
Saturday September 23, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Hungry and Thirsty for Racial Healing: A New Way to See the Journey” with Dr. Catherine Meeks
Saturday October 14, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Peacemaking and Creation Spirituality Today” with Rev. Matthew Fox
Saturday November 11, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Thomas Merton and the Advent Message of Prayer, Peace & Hope” with Jonathan Montaldo
Saturday December 9, 2023
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Host Fr. John Dear on his 2024 Speaking Tour for his Forthcoming Orbis Book:
“The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence.”
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE BEATITUDES CENTER
Quote for the Day:
“Let us make nonviolence, both in daily life and in international relations, a guide for our actions. And let us pray for a greater diffusion of the culture of nonviolence, which involves the lesser use of weapons, both by States and by citizens.”
–Pope Francis,
a few weeks ago, when he called the church to make this
month a month of prayer for nonviolence
Quote for the Day:
“I exhort everyone to see the world through the eyes of God the Creator: the earth is an environment to be safeguarded, a garden to be cultivated. The relationship of humanity with nature must not be conducted with greed, manipulation and exploitation, but it must conserve the divine harmony that exists between creatures and Creation within the logic of respect and care, so it can be put to the service of our brothers and sisters and future generations.”
– Pope Francis
May 31, 2023
Dear Friends, Blessings of Christ’s peace!
I’m pleased to welcome my friend Larry Rasmussen, one of the world’s leading environmental theologians, to join us at the Beatitudes Center on Saturday, June 17th, to reflect with us on “Following Jesus in a time of Climate Catastrophe.” I’m looking forward to it because just by listening to his insights on Jesus and nonviolence within the context of our environmental destruction will offer hope and strength to go forward.
Larry wrote me that he’s going to start with Pope Francis’ call for a new “culture of nonviolence” as a repudiation of “the violence of fossil-fuel madness,” the reason for our climate catastrophe. As he explores what a culture of nonviolence might look like and its religious roots, he will turn to Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount and Luke’s Sermon on the Plain.
From there he will reflect on how we can better follow this nonviolent Jesus within the context of our world-changing moment as climate chaos bears down on us all. That will lead us to reflect on this new era, “the Anthropocene,” and how nonviolence will call us beyond the traditional view of “love of neighbor” to include the entire natural world. Very exciting! I recommend his latest book, The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren When Uncertainty’s a Sure Thing. See: www.larrywrites.info
A week later, on June 24th, I’ll host one of the world’s greatest activists and authors on climate change–Bill McKibben. Please join us for these two timely presentations, tell your friends, share this eblast, and bring your questions.