Mar 25, 2024 | FAN, Peacemaking, Press Releases
March 21, 2024Immediate Release Contacts: Janine Walsh, Franciscan Action Network, walsh@franciscanaction.orgJudy Coode, Pax Christi USA, jcoode@paxchristiusa.org 12 Christian leaders arrested in Senate calling for ceasefire in Gaza Washington, D.C. – As part of...
Feb 29, 2024 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
Franciscan Action Network hosted a virtual event featuring two speakers from the Holy Land, one Israeli and one Palestinian, who are members of the Parents Circle – Families Forum. They shared their personal stories of loss and discussed how they continue to work...
Feb 28, 2024 | Care for Creation, Environmental Racism, FAN, Issues
In 2023, our Working for Environmental Justice campaign focused attention on three regions in our nation – the Permian Basin and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico; St. James, Louisiana; and Chester, Pennsylvania – as case studies of ongoing environmental injustice. At three...
Feb 22, 2024 | FAN, Peacemaking
Please join the Franciscan Action Network on Thursday, February 29 at 7 pm Eastern (4 pm Pacific) for a Lenten program, “Preparing our Hearts to be Peacemakers.” Our speakers will be renowned Franciscan scholar Fr. Michael Cusato OFM, scholar in residence at St....
Feb 20, 2024 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
A broad coalition of national and local Christian organizations and nonviolent peacemakers have envisioned a Lenten Ceasefire Campaign rooted in the transforming power of Jesus’ way of active nonviolence. This Lenten campaign has arisen out of collaboration during...