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The Maryknoll Affiliates are connected to a wider movement that is popularly called “Maryknoll.” Maryknoll is comprised of three distinct entities: the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers (officially known as the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America), the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic and the Maryknoll Lay Missioners...

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Maryknoll Affiliates, while continuing to pursue their own life's journey, commit themselves to the mission goals of Maryknoll in the context of Chapters that gather for prayer, reflection and action. Maryknoll Affiliates challenge one another to witness to mission as a way of life by going beyond borders, locally and globally, walking with the poor and excluded, and striving for peace and justice for all of God's creation.

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Maryknoll Affiliates, as inividuals and in their "Mission Communities" try to live out the Four Pillars of the Maryknoll Affiliates: Spirituality, Global Vision, Community and Action.

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Nuclear Disarmament - for Peace and Human needs

Details: Parent Category: Global Concerns; Category: General News and Information; Created on 21 April 2010; Last Updated on 12 July 2012; Published on 21 April 2010; Hits: 718

Nuclear Disarmament - for Peace and Human needs

If not now, when?

If not us, who?

On Sunday, April 11, 2010, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Pax Christi International and Maryknoll Affiliates co-sponsored a panel discussion on nuclear disarmament, entitled, For Peace and Human Needs—Disarm Now!

The program was planned in anticipation of the meetings at the United Nations, May 3 to 28, during which ambassadors from the U.S. and other world powers will gather to review the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Throughout the world people are organizing and raising their voices to encourage their leaders to work together on meaningful steps toward disarmament.

The topics and speakers were: "N.P.T. ABC's" - Dave Robinson, Executive Director, Pax Christi USA

"Seizing this Moment" - Judith LeBlanc - Field Organizer - Peace Action

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