Welcome to the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus!
Upcoming Zoom Programs:
The Life and Witness of Poland’s Solidarity Martyr, Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko with Judith Kelly
Saturday May 11, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Peace & Nonviolence in the Book of Revelation with Wes Howard-Brook
Saturday May 25, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
The Biblical Wisdom of William Stringfellow with Bill Wylie-Kellermann
Saturday June 8, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
People Power Peacemaking with Rivera Sun
Saturday June 22, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Mary Lou Kownacki’s Spirituality of
Nonviolence” with Anne McCarthy
Saturday July 13, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Philip Berrigan’s Prophetic Life & Writings for Peace and Disarmament”: Brad Wolf, editor of Phil Berrigan’s writings
Saturday August 3, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Lessons from a Lifelong Activist: From Advocating for Nuclear Disarmament to Saving Elephants” Kristal Parks
Saturday August 17, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“We Are All One: Honoring Sacred Wisdom, Women of Color & Environmental Justice” with Dr. Melanie Harris
Saturday September 7, 2024
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
“Cherished Belonging: Love in Divided Times” with Rev. Greg Boyle
Saturday September 14, 2024
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.”
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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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:
“Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ has come uninvited. But because he cannot be at home in it, because he is out of place in it, and yet he must be in it, his place is with those others for whom there is no room. His place is with those who do not belong, who are rejected by power because they are regarded as weak, those who are discredited, who are denied the status of persons, tortured, exterminated. With those for whom there is no room, Christ is present in this world.”
–Thomas Merton
May 13, 2024
Dear friends, Blessings of Christ’s peace to you!
In recent years, I’ve been talking and writing about “eschatological nonviolence” as a way to reimagine our discipleship to Jesus in this time of permanent war, climate change, and growing fascism. While others are slipping into the heresy and idolatry of “Christian nationalism,” we seek to live in God’s realm of universal love and total nonviolence here and now today. That’s where we claim our true eternal citizenship. Because we are citizens of God’s reign of nonviolence, we practice nonviolence like the nonviolent Jesus and reject violence, injustice and warfare, no matter what.
I learned much of this visionary nonviolence from my friend and teacher Daniel Berrigan who used to give retreats and talks for years on the Book of Revelation, which he read as a call to permanent nonviolent resistance to empire. As “Christian nationalism” spreads through the churches, I thought it might be helpful to invite my friend Wes Howard-Brook, a scripture scholar and author, to reflect with us on “Peace and Nonviolence in the Book of Revelation,” and the call to seek God’s reign of nonviolence through resistance to this culture of violence and war.