(Photo Caption: Jim Ray (Photo provided by Joyce Rothermel) By Jim Ray Several years after graduating from McCormick Theological Seminary I began a career in Campus Ministry at the University of Illinois […]
Why I Am A Monthly TMC Peacemaker
Invitation to TMC Potluck, Presentation and Discussion on the Stop Banking the Bomb Campaign
All are welcome to attend the upcoming potluck at the Merton Center on Wednesday, May 23 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM on the topic of the Stop Banking the Bomb Campaign, endorsed […]
Bombing James Comey and Stormy Daniels
By Michael Drohan On Saturday, April 7, 2018 a gas attack on the city of Douma in Syria, was reported. Douma is a suburb of Damascus formerly controlled by two jihadist factions, […]
School Integration
By Maggie Weaver “We conclude that the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal” — Chief Justice Earl Warren, 1954 On May 17, 1954, the […]
Faith in Action
(Photo Caption: The Stop Banking the Bomb Campaign calls attention to PNC Bank’s investment in nuclear weapon manufacturers on April 24th. (Photo provided by Bette McDevitt) By Bette McDevitt Rev. Dordal is a […]
O’hara Rally calls on Chapel Harbor luxury developers to stop wage theft
(Photo Caption: Workers and organizers held up signs opposing wage theft at Chapel Harbor. (Photo: Matthew Bauer) A large banner was held up at the demonstration (Photo: Matthew Bauer) By Krystle M. Knight […]
What Thomas Merton Means to Me, a Priest and Writer
By Will Lawbaugh They whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are. –St. John Chrysostom Thomas Merton’s journals, from 1939 to his […]
Latest Plowshares Witness on Anniversary of Killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Joyce Rothermel Seven Catholic Plowshares activists were detained early Thursday morning, April 5, at the Kings Bay Naval Base, St. Mary’s, Georgia. They entered the base on Wednesday night, April 4. […]
“The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs” to Be Shown in Pittsburgh June 1-3
By Joyce Rothermel A wonderful opportunity is afforded to people in the Pittsburgh area June 1-3, 2018. That weekend, Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace and the Thomas Merton Center are […]
Caryl Conry Beal
By Lois Goldstein Think globally, act locally is a phrase that could have been written with Caryl Beal in mind. Caryl, who died on April 7, had strong beliefs that she linked […]
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