Welcome to the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus!
Upcoming Zoom Programs:
“Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Wisdom for a Time of Crisis” with Judith Valente
Saturday December 14, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Human Rights and Peacemaking” with Kerry Kennedy
Saturday January 11, 2025
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“War Isn’t Over When It’s Over” with Kathy Kelly
Saturday January 25, 2025
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“The Little Way of Merciful Love: Real-World Mentoring from St. Therese of Lisieux” with Marisa Guerin
Saturday February 8, 2025
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“The Gospel According to John,” A Lenten Series with Fr. John Dear
Monday, March 10th. Session #1—4:00 PT/7 pm ET
Monday, March 17th. Session #2—4:00 PT/7 pm ET
Monday, March 24th. Session #3—4:00 PT/7 pm ET
Monday, March 31st. Session #4—4:00 PT/7 pm ET
Monday, April 7th. Session #5—4:00 PT/7 pm ET
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.”
For more info, click here
John Dear’s new book now available
“The Gospel of Peace:
Reading Matthew, Mark & Luke
from the Perspective of Nonviolence”
Call Orbis Books at 1-800-258-5838 and give them the special code: “JDT”
To invite John Dear to speak in your city, write to: john@beatitudescenter.org
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE BEATITUDES CENTER
Quote for the Day:
“The wolf shall live with the lamb; the leopard shall lie down with the kid. The calf and the lion will feed together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the
adder’s den. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the God of peace as the waters cover the sea.”
(Isaiah 11:6–9)
Quote for the Day:
“I am called in the Word of God — as is everyone else — to the vocation of being human, nothing more and nothing less … To be a Christian
means to be called to be an exemplary human being. And to be a Christian categorically does not mean being religious. Indeed, all religious versions of the gospel are profanities. In the face of death, live humanly. In the middle of chaos, celebrate the Word. Amidst Babel, speak the truth. Confront the noise and verbiage and falsehood of death with the truth and potency and efficacy of the Word of God. Know the Word, teach the Word, nurture the Word, preach the Word, define the Word, incarnate the Word, do the Word, live the Word. And more than that, in the Word of God, expose death and all death’s works and wiles, rebuke lies,
cast out demons, exorcise, cleanse the possessed,
raise those who are dead in mind and conscience.”
–William Stringfellow
December 9, 2024
Dear friends, Advent blessings of peace and hope to you!
In the Spirit of Advent and Christmas, join me this Saturday to hear Judith Valente on “Thomas Merton’s Wisdom for Difficult Times.” Then in the New Year, I hope you’ll check out our new, free, weekly podcasts at the Beatitudes Center website and the National Catholic Reporter website (www.ncronline.org).
Then, on January 11th, our first 2025 zoom program will feature one of the leading human rights activists, my friend Kerry Kennedy, director of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights. (www.rfkhumanrights.org) She’ll talk about her work, and the many campaigns she’s involved in, and link the work of human rights as an essential ingredient for Gospel peacemaking.
Kerry authored the New York Times best seller Being Catholic Now, as well as Speak Truth to Power and Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope. She has devoted more than 40 years to the pursuit of equal justice, the promotion and protection of basic rights, and the preservation of the rule of law around the world. She works on a range of issues, including child labor, women’s rights, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, criminal justice reform, immigration, impunity, and environmental justice. She has led hundreds of human rights delegations in support of these causes. She appears regularly as a commentator on national and worldwide television networks, and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines. Kennedy served as Chair of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council for over a decade. Join us!