John Dear's Latest National Catholic Reporter Column:
January 31, 2012
On September 1, 1987, one of the most dedicated peace activists in the nation sat down with friends on the train tracks outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station near the Bay Area in California to block a U.S. Navy Munitions train loaded with weapons bound for Nicaragua and El Salvador. Instead of stopping the train and arresting the protestors, authorities ordered the train to speed up--three times faster than permitted. While some barely made it off the tracks, and one jumped onto the front of the train, Brian Willson was hit directly and run over. As friends watched in horror, Brian tumbled over and over again under the train. The top of his head and his legs were torn off, and he suffered 19 broken bones and many severe cuts. But by a miracle of God, Brian survived.Read more
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"My Last Homily in New Mexico"
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Revenge Is Not the Way:
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Feb. 1, 2011---"The Verdict: Guilty in a Las Vegas Courtroom"
"John Dear Receives the Pacem In Terris Award,"
The Catholic Messenger, October, 2010
"A Spirituality of Resistance,"
John Dear's Speech to the Sabeel Conference of Palestinians,
Bethlehem, Palestine, Feb. 28, 2011.
A Peace Movement Victory in Court (September 21, 2010)
Georgetown Welcomes Colombia's Ex-Pres. Uribe (Sept. 2010)
"Obama and the Works of Death" (Feb. 2010)
The Father John Dear Haiti Fund (Jan. 2010)
Prayer Service for the
International Day of Nonviolence (Oct. 2)
by John Dear, commissioned by the Vatican
(July, 2009)
"ROTC at Loyola Univeristy,"
September, 2011
"Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador"
(Nov. 2009)
"Sermon at the Mass
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"St. Therese's Little Way of Nonviolence,"
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"The Car and the Pine Cone,"
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"My Night in the Las Vegas Jail"
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Archbishop Tutu's Nomination of John Dear
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"A Letter to Obama,"
Tikkun, Jan., 2009
Podcast Interview with John Dear,
Sept. 2008
"America" magazine podcast interview with John Dear (Nov. 2008)
"New Dimensions" Radio Interview with John Dear (Oct. 2008)
"Interfaith Voices" Radio Interview with John Dear (Dec. 2008)
ABC News Interviews John Dear and Martin Sheen (Dec. 2008)
Part I
Santa Cruz Radio Interviews John Dear
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"My Statement Before the Judge,"Jan 24, 2008
Dr. King's Last Words
April, 2008
"Peace Activist Vows to Defy Court,"
Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan. 25, 2008
Blessed Franz Jagerstatter
(Nov. 2007)
"Guilty!"
(September, 2007)
Sermon for Los Alamos Witness, Mass for Peace (Aug. 3, 2007)
Offer No Violent Resistance (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 3)
What's So Unusual About That? (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 2)
Love Your Enemies (Sermon on the Mount, Part 1)
New DVD on Hiroshima, Los Alamos, & Nuclear Disarmament
Resurrection (April, 2007)
The Vow of Nonviolence Revisited (New Year's Day, 2007)
The Trials, and Blessings, of Peacework (Jan. 2007)
Christmas Editorial for "The Santa Fe New Mexican," (12/24/06)
John Dear's book, "The Sound of Listening" republished!
Ohio Diocese Interviews John Dear, Dec. 2006
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"Jesus' Last Words to the Church"
"A Weekend with Nobel Peace Laureates"
Joan Baez, Still Singing For Peace (Oct. 2006)
Photos from the Merton-Gandhi Peace Walk
Hiroshima Day Sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 5, 2006)
St. Francis and the Way of Nonviolence (May, 2006)
John Dear & Arun Gandhi on Peace Talks Radio
Report From Colombia
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Colombia Diary (March, 2006)
St. Therese of Lisieux and the Little Way of Nonviolence (1873-1897)
Confessions of Crimes Against the State (Feb. 2006)
Henri Nouwen, Peacemaker
Thomas Merton and the Wisdom of Nonviolence
On Moral Leadership
(Oct. 2005)
Hiroshima Day Speech, Los Alamos, NM, Aug. 6, 2005
Concluding Prayer After the Hiroshima Day Sackcloth and Ashes Action, Aug. 6, 2005
How To Stop Terrorism (July 2005)
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A "Prayer of Nonviolence" (June, 2005)
A Prayer for Our Persecutors (May, 2005)
"US Catholic" magazine interviews John Dear
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Oscar Romero, 25 Years Later
"Remembering Hiroshima at Los Alamos"
Pilgrimage to Gandhi's India
Dec.2004-Jan.2005
John Dear's Foreword to a new Henri Nouwen Book
"Getting Into Trouble for Peace & Justice"
Call to Action Talk, Nov. 2004,
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The Vision of Peace (Nov. 2004)
John Dear's Plowshares Sentencing Statement
Before the Judge, July, 1994
"Remember the Martyrs, Close the SOA"
Talk at the SOA Protest, Nov. 21, 2004
Excerpts from the forthcoming book,
"The Questions of Jesus"
Pax Christi Goes to Los Alamos
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John Dear's Foreword to Daniel Berrigan's
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In the Name of Peace: Speech
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2004
Dr. King's Gauntlet: Nonviolence or Nonexistence
The Soldiers At My Front Door
(December, 2003) Close Los Alamos Now!
Revolutionary Nonviolence
(June, 2003)
If Today You Understood the Things
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Human Rights and Nonviolence:
The Christian Theology and Movement for Peace
Speech at the National March Against
the War, January 18, 2003. Washington, D.C.
Sheath Your Sword
The Common Ground of Interfaith Nonviolence
War With Iraq Is Not the Answer
"Love Your Neighbors, Love Your Enemies, "Speech
to Call to Action, November 2, 2002
The Road to Emmaus, The Road
to Hope
Action for Peace, (March, 2002)
"On the Front Line, Pursuing
the God of Peace" New York Times Profile, Thursday October 4,
2001
Remember 9/11 By Speaking Out Against War
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Mohandas Gandhi, Apostle of Nonviolence
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TESTIMONY
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- Feb. 4th
Pacific Northwest Spirituality Books Festival
Seattle Univ.,
Seattle, Washington
stm@seattleu.edu
- Feb. 5
Lecture on Gospel Nonviolence
Sisters of Providence,
Seattle, Washington
- Feb. 6
Portland, Oregon
Tigard United Methodist Church,
9845sw Walnut Pl., Tigard,
westay62@comcast.net
- Feb. 12th
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 4:00
9000 Sonoma Highway,
Kenwood, CA.
dvrooman@sbcglobal.net
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Feb. 15th
Center for Arts & Rel. Education,
Evening Class on "Robert Lax & Peace,"
Berkeley, Cal.
www.care-gtu.org
- Feb. 16th
Sisters Gathering Space,
Dominican University,
1520 Grand Ave.,
San Rafael, Cal.
lesleecoady@yahoo.com
- Feb. 17th
Newman Hall, UC-Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
dvrooman@sbcglobal.net
- Feb. 18th
Catholic Church,
Half Moon Bay, CA.
ericnalice@sbcglobal.net
- Feb 21st
Lecture on Gospel Nonviolence,
Loyola-Marymount University,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Sr. Joanna Carroll,
310-338-5206.
Joanna.carroll@lmu.edu
- Feb. 24th
Srs. of St. Joseph Center for Spirituality,
480 S. Batavia St.,
Orange, CA.
Sharon Halsey Hoover shalseyhoover@gmail.com
- Feb. 25th
The Journey Church, 740 West Univ. Heights Dr. South,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Steve Robinson,
steveinflag@gmail.com, www.flagstaffjourney.com,
- March 8,
The Festival Center,
1640 Colombia Road, NW,
Washington, DC,
Joseph Deck
jpdeck@slschool.org
www.slschool.org
- March 14th
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church,
Atlanta, Georgia
Cathy Crosby
c.crosby@mac.com
- March 16th
Christ Church Cathedral
Nashville, Tenn.
Ronny Clemmons.
rclemmons@tea.nea.org
- March 17th
United Church of Christ,
Pleasant Hill, Tenn.
Tom Warren.
kimandtom@charter.net
- March 22nd
River's Edge Retreat Center,
Cleveland, Ohio,
Sarah Widener.
info@riversedgecleveland.com
216-688-1111,ext. 251.
www.riversedgecleveland.com
- March 23rd
Our Lady of the Pines Retreat Center,
1250 Tiffin St.
Fremont, Ohio,
(near Toledo)
Sr. Margaret Marszal
Margaret@pinesretreat.org
- March 24th
Stegner, Illinois
Concetta Smart.
Jsmart316@comcast.net
- March 25th
Presbyterian Church, 701 Westminster Rd.,
Traverse City, Michigan.
Rev. Becky Chamberlain. becky@tcpresby.org
- March 26
Transformations Spirituality Center,
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Christine Parks.
269-381-6290, ext. 323.
cparks@csjoseph.org
- March 28
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Fellowship Congregation Church
John Kennington.
johnkennington@gmail.com
- March 29
Mercy Retreat Center,
2039 N. Geyer Rd.,
St. Louis, MO,
Dawn Stringfield,
314-8747939
dawn.stringfield@mercy.net www.mercycenterstl.org
- March 30
Chicago, IL.
(on behalf of L'Arche/Chicago)
Steve Nazaran.
Snazaran@gmail.com
312-226-8044
- April 9
High Plains Church,
1825 Dominion Way,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Roger Butts,
719-433-3135.
revrogerb@msn.com
- April 10
St. Andrew's United Methodist Church,
Denver, Colorado
Rox roxm@tribcsp.com
- April 11
Highlands United Presbyterian Church,
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Rox roxm@tribcsp.com
- April 12
United Church of Christ,
Casper, Wyoming
Rox roxm@tribcsp.com
- April 14
Workshop on Gospel Nonviolence,
Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ,
6509 S. Cliff Ave.,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
Scott Moeller
Scott.moeller@lsssd.org
- April 17
St. Frances Cabrini Church,
1500 Franklin Ave. S. E.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Mary Eoloff.
Eolof001@umn.edu
651-698-1493.
- April 18
Pax Christi Catholic Church,
12100 Pioneer Trail,
Eden Prairie, Minn
Michael Griffin,
mgriffin@paxchristi.com
- May 3
Church of St. Ann,
1253 Lawrenceville Rd.,
Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
Christine Barranco,
609-359-9977.
cbarranco@churchofsaintann.net
- May 4
St. Vincent de Paul Church,
Germantown, Pennsylvania,
Mary Ellen Norpel,
meconnorpel@verizon.net
- May 7
The Cenacle Retreat Center,
Ronkonkoma, New York.
Margaret Rohde
631-588-8366. Ext. 119.
margaretrohde@yahoo.com
www.cenaclesisters.org/ronkonkoma
- May 8
Glastonbury Abbey,
Hingham, Massachusetts
Fr. Timothy Joyce.
joycet@glastonburyabbey.org
- May 9
St. Mary's Church,
5 Linden Place,
Brookline, Massachusetts
Fr. Brian Cleary,
revbmc@gmail.com
- May 10
(Last book tour event)
St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church,
285 Church St.,
Hartford, Conn.
Pat Curtis,
pcurtis@spsact.org
860-756-4034
- May 18-20,
Keynote address,
Rotary District Conference,
George Fox University,
Newberg, Oregon,
Mike Caruso,
Caruso1112@gmail.com
503-538-2646.
- May 21-22,
Keynote address,
National Association of Catholic Chaplains Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Michele Le Doux Sakurai,
208-401-4653. Michele.sakurai@providence.org www.nacc.org
- May 24,
St. Pius Catholic Church,
1050 N. Clark St.,
El Paso, Texas,
phdelgado@hotmail.com
- August 6-12.
"The Gospel According to John," A week long Bible Study and retreat,
Ghost Ranch Retreat Center,
Abiquiu, New Mexico.
www.ghostranch.org
- August 24-26.
The Greenbelt Festival!
Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Glouchestershire, England
www.greenbelt.org.uk
- Sept. 29.
Pax Christi Los Angeles
Retreat Day,
Los Angeles, Cal.
shalseyhoover@gmail.com
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